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Definition of lotsnext
plural of lot
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as in properties
a small piece of land that is developed or available for development the softball team often plays in the vacant lot down at the end of the street

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a considerable amount you'll need to do a lot of studying for the test you sure bought a lot of clothing

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lot

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Recent Examples of lots
Noun
Proctor still has to learn to recognize blitzes and stunts, and Johnson still has lots to clean up technique-wise on his coverage. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 The Reinold Mack Collection has 81 other lots on offer related to Mercury. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026 The golf course was built in the mid-1920s by Woodland Hills developer Victor Giraud, who gave away free club memberships to people buying lots in his housing tract. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026 The van was easy to park at home and in lots, largely due to its digital rearview mirror. Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 Outdoor tenants in the property’s North Mall and on other nearby lots, including Planet Fitness, IHOP and the AMC Ford City 14 movie theaters, all remain open for business and are not part of the developer’s plan. Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 The developers’ applications for rezoning of several single-family lots for multifamily residential buildings are still under review by the county and must still undergo the normal public vetting process of hearings and board votes. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Biking There are three bike and scooter lots at the fairgrounds. Frankie McLister, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 According to city staff, state law already allows for developers to increase density on single family lots under certain circumstances – overriding the current limits of the city. Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • Luke Montrose, a professor at Colorado State University whose research focuses in part on the impact of wildfire smoke on disease risk, said glutathione has anti-inflammatory properties.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • What is most challenging is to resist attributing to AI, through language alone, properties that the evidence has not yet established.
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
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  • Experts said it was most likely caused by a partial glacier collapse that sent tons of ice and rock crashing down into the valley below, setting off a powerful landslide.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • California wine has already been contending with declining demand and global oversupply issues, leading to downsizing, closures and disposal of tons of grapes.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • Quantum mechanics means even the lowest-energy state retains unavoidable fluctuations in its fields.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The 100,000-square-foot facility, which cost more than $150 million, houses two full-sized basketball courts for the WNBA expansion team, and two full-sized soccer fields — one grass, one turf — for the three-time NWSL champion Thorns.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
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  • Nine of the top ten robot-building metro clusters in OpenMind's index are in East Asia.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • What the team could do is look at the architecture of these clusters.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026
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  • Meanwhile, Mirren wants to store her fest statue, which keeps mysteriously appearing next to an Oscar statuette, in its box in a different take on Karlovy Vary winners’ and trophies’ destinies.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026
  • Drawn into a love story with a familiar collaborator as her path intersects with women of different ages and cultural backgrounds, all fighting to take control of their own destinies, Maxine finds herself on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to confront the choices shaping her life.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 June 2026
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  • Its first regional drive-through shop opened in February 2024 in Fountain Valley, drawing pre-dawn crowds on opening day.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026
  • There were huge crowds each day at the BMW event, testing Woodland’s physical and mental endurance.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • El-Sayed dismissed a potential fundraising gap in the race, which could occur if donors were pushed towards Rogers or if outside groups like AIPAC intervened on Rogers’ behalf.
    Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Wednesday’s State Department announcement also traced the collective to leftist groups across Europe that posted materials about their attacks on rail and energy infrastructure.
    Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • When a team allots minutes to so many young players simultaneously, lapses in concentration and on-court mistakes are bound to happen.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026

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