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Examples of parking lot in a Sentence
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The permits also allow the company to increase the size of the building by about 60 square feet, rebuild the main entrance facing the parking lot and add new landscaping to the parking lot.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Police stopped the car in the parking lot of a hospital.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024
Let’s recap! Dr. Erik Harper (Tim Russ), a renowned rare-tumor cardiothoracic surgeon, is found shot dead after being snatched from the Portsmouth Naval Medical Center parking lot.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024
There was so much confusion during the first days of transfers last week that some inmates languished for upwards of five hours on buses in the Dublin prison parking lot before returning to their cells without explanation.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
After the crash, people are seen running into the parking lot.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 22 Apr. 2024
The 4-year-old was found safe in the parking lot by a resident of the complex, but the 2-year-old had been separated from her sibling.
—Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
Detectives determined the man with head injuries was filling his vehicle with gas when a second man ran up from the parking lot, Campbell said.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
Police have not released a motive in that murder, but said Cintron Garcia hauled the Acura away from an Orange County apartment parking lot on March 19.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1924, in the meaning defined above
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“Parking lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20lot. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
Kids Definition
parking lot
noun
: an outdoor area for parking motor vehicles
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