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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That's an awful lot of infrastructure investment, as well as a huge amount of grid electricity needed to support the drive to electric trucking – with MAN expecting half of its new trucks to be electric by 2030.
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Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 29 July 2024
With great power comes an awful lot of noise, particularly on start-up.
—Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 12 May 2024
That’s an awful lot of oomph, of course, but the car isn’t a beast like the AMG SL.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2024
The Dreamwave offers an awful lot of photos—120 at the lowest tier and 500 at the highest.
—Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
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Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 29 July 2024
With great power comes an awful lot of noise, particularly on start-up.
—Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 12 May 2024
That’s an awful lot of oomph, of course, but the car isn’t a beast like the AMG SL.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2024
The Dreamwave offers an awful lot of photos—120 at the lowest tier and 500 at the highest.
—Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
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