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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The topic was on the agenda for Monday's Southfield City Council meeting, as Metrobloks LLC is hoping to build the data center on a vacant lot on Inkster Road, between 11 Mile Road and Interstate 696. Paula Wethington, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025 One of his early projects involved helping turn a vacant lot into a community garden. Kathleen Toner, CNN Money, 7 Dec. 2025 While the actual gunfight took place in a vacant lot behind the corral, the property was expanded and now includes the original site. Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025 Pocket park The roughly 2,100-square-foot public space on Soledad Avenue would be next to a 4,494-square-foot single-family house planned for a currently vacant lot just east of the intersection of Soledad and Cowrie Avenue. Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025 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 23 Dec. 2025.

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