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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As part of initial testing, the archaeologists dug 1-foot-by-1-foot holes across the vacant lot.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Boise’s Standard Properties also proposed a six-story residential building on a vacant lot at 622 N. 8th St., on the same block as Seventh & Franklin.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 22 Apr. 2025
On the outskirts of Lima, Peru, locals stumbled upon some dusty items in a vacant lot.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Developers are planning to break ground later this year on a 237-unit apartment building in Deerfield Beach, bringing activity to a mostly vacant lot whose southern tip is home to a two-story office building on the northwest corner of Federal Highway and Northwest Second Street.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Boise’s Standard Properties also proposed a six-story residential building on a vacant lot at 622 N. 8th St., on the same block as Seventh & Franklin.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 22 Apr. 2025
On the outskirts of Lima, Peru, locals stumbled upon some dusty items in a vacant lot.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Developers are planning to break ground later this year on a 237-unit apartment building in Deerfield Beach, bringing activity to a mostly vacant lot whose southern tip is home to a two-story office building on the northwest corner of Federal Highway and Northwest Second Street.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Vacant lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacant%20lot. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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