the lot
noun
: all the things of a group
They sell tuxedos, business suits, casual wear …the lot.
This one's the best of the lot.
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The episode goes on to follow Cartoon Stancil’s attempts to improve the lot of Minneapolis’s Black community, who are presented as 40-drinking, child-abandoning, street-fighting criminals.
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
That wasn't something that everyone on the lot loved, however, leading to some complaints.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Nina was in the lot behind him, Nina’s boyfriend a few feet to the left.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
In some positive news, two bottles that the duo had nabbed, a Grand Échézeaux and an Échézeaux, have since been recovered, though the rest of the lot is still missing.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2025
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
That wasn't something that everyone on the lot loved, however, leading to some complaints.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Nina was in the lot behind him, Nina’s boyfriend a few feet to the left.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
In some positive news, two bottles that the duo had nabbed, a Grand Échézeaux and an Échézeaux, have since been recovered, though the rest of the lot is still missing.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the lot
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“The lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20lot. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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