a whole lot

idiom

: very much
Things are looking a whole lot brighter now.

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Fans think Nina Dobrev and Shaun White’s abrupt breakup makes a whole lot more sense after watching the actor’s latest TikTok video. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025 My model loves the Lightning a whole lot more than the market does, and that means edges across the board. Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025 In fact, there’s a whole lot from shortly before the accident that Daniel doesn’t remember; their walk through the old church, for example. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025 For small-government evangelists sitting in the conference room up on the HHS penthouse level, there was a whole lot of talk about reaching into private companies and family fridges to shape options for consumers. Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for a whole lot

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“A whole lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20whole%20lot. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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