an awful lot of
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: a large amount of : much
You're making an awful lot of noise.
We don't have an awful lot of money/time.
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Clearly, Monahan has an awful lot of repair work to do, and not only with golfers, but with the families of 9/11 victims who came out so forcefully against LIV from its inception, and who spoke up against this union Tuesday night.
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Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
For all her sophisticated humanism, Le Guin could also be an awful lot of fun.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
The decision to cut the 93-minute first section off with Bob Cousy’s retirement is semi-arbitrary, and then an awful lot of the 107-minute second section is set after Russell’s retirement and comes across as strangely under-sourced.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2023
One, there has been an awful lot of losing here, which fosters the mentality that something will surely go wrong.
—Jeré Longman, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
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Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
For all her sophisticated humanism, Le Guin could also be an awful lot of fun.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
The decision to cut the 93-minute first section off with Bob Cousy’s retirement is semi-arbitrary, and then an awful lot of the 107-minute second section is set after Russell’s retirement and comes across as strangely under-sourced.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2023
One, there has been an awful lot of losing here, which fosters the mentality that something will surely go wrong.
—Jeré Longman, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
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