vacant lot

noun

: a piece of land that is not being used
The children played in the vacant lot between the two buildings.

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In 1947 the body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 June 2026 The drug bust prompted multiple law enforcement agencies to descend on the vacant lot near the corner of 110th Street East and Ave M-8 in the unincorporated area of Lake Los Angeles, about 36 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 Across Washington and Oregon, jagged walls of blackberry brambles choke out nearly every hiking trail, highway shoulder, and vacant lot in the region. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2026 For Sheldon Callahan, Master and executive director of Deep Root Center, the vacant lot near Inyo Avenue and East 26th Street represents far more than an empty parcel of land. Maddie White, CBS News, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for vacant lot

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“Vacant lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacant%20lot. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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