an awful lot
idiom
informal
1
: a large amount
They lost an awful lot of money.
She does an awful lot of talking.
2
: very much
I like him an awful lot.
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There’s an awful lot of tape to run until noon on January 20, 2028.
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Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Which, especially at night, is not an awful lot.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
That’s an awful lot of agents to test before deployment.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Leo Uesaka, a seabird biologist at the University of Tokyo, noticed that his cameras were recording an awful lot of midair pooping.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
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Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Which, especially at night, is not an awful lot.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
That’s an awful lot of agents to test before deployment.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Leo Uesaka, a seabird biologist at the University of Tokyo, noticed that his cameras were recording an awful lot of midair pooping.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for an awful lot
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