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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According to Johnson’s office, federal agents recently used city lots near Harrison and Kedzie and a vacant lot at 46th and Damen for enforcement activity.
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Eden Housing is building the 67-unit apartment complex at a long-vacant lot near the corner of Stockton Boulevard and Ninth Avenue starting in November.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
In 2021, her 21-year-old niece was found dead in a vacant lot shortly after boarding a bus in the state of Morelos, south of Mexico City.
—Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Currently there is a cottage at 1277; 1271 is a vacant lot.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Eden Housing is building the 67-unit apartment complex at a long-vacant lot near the corner of Stockton Boulevard and Ninth Avenue starting in November.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
In 2021, her 21-year-old niece was found dead in a vacant lot shortly after boarding a bus in the state of Morelos, south of Mexico City.
—Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Currently there is a cottage at 1277; 1271 is a vacant lot.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 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 Oct. 2025.
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