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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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present tense third-person singular of lot

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Recent Examples of lots
Noun
The neighborhood itself, full of wide, browning lawns and empty lots, is called the Boneyard. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 People started lining up pre-dawn to find a place in the Breakfast Club, the morning drinking gameday den at The Upstairs Pub, and the tailgating lots were full despite the noon kickoff. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 Next up was a multiple-owner sale with 45 lots by modern and contemporary artists. — News Desk, Artforum, 15 Oct. 2026 This year, the company inked a partnership with Universal Production Services, part of NBCUniversal, and has deployed roughly 20 trucks across its lots, including on the set of Hacks. — Matt Alderton, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 The Broncos say the stadium lots are already sold out, so drivers will have to find spaces away from the stadium. — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Getting 28 lots across the line out of 34 was still a success, Windsor argued. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Designed to last over a century, the building is a rejection of Japan’s disposable architecture, in which structures are razed — and all vegetation on lots ripped out — after a few decades of use. — Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Kevin Oglesby of the Black Hammock pointed out that Pappy’s Patch land could today be developed with 17 homes with five acre lots under the county’s code. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • This is exactly what complicates the production of alloys with predictable mechanical properties.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Burgasser added that the study’s categorization scheme using temperatures and atmospheric properties can be useful for the field moving forward.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • At that rate, removing one billion tons a year would consume almost 8 percent of all the electricity produced worldwide.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • For context, burning fossil fuels produced about 38 billion tons in 2025.
    — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • Gomelsky told investigators there was no reason Wang would need the victim’s research notes because their fields of study at the university were unrelated, the affidavit said.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The schedule also introduces Banana Ball 360, a Notre Dame Stadium event with games alternating between two fields.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The Milky Way runs straight through it, bringing with it three bright open star clusters — M36, M37 and M38.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Inspired by the rounded shapes of water droplets, the 22-piece collection features clusters of natural diamonds in varying sizes, set across sculptural surfaces of 14-karat yellow gold.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026
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  • Noir, by contrast, brooks no such substitutions, because its conception of authenticity cannot allow for alternative destinies.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • People looking out for themselves have compromised the fates of those who have less control over their destinies.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • Jessica Martinez was welcomed home by cheering crowds as the USS Abraham Lincoln docked in San Diego earlier this month after a long wartime deployment to the Middle East.
    — Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • As China undergoes a prolonged market reset, luxury players are closing unproductive stores, exploring untapped regional markets and unlocking differentiated crowds with pop-up formats.
    — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026
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  • Democratic groups are spending a lot on Turek as well, identifying his race as a top pickup opportunity in a cycle where Democrats need to net four Senate seats to retake the majority.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Marshall and Hamilton campaigns and the outside groups spending big to influence the race have attempted to define the candidates for voters in vitriolic attack ads.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Hinson said the bill’s reductions to Medicaid spending for Iowa will be offset by the Rural Health Transformation Program, which allots $50 billion divided among all 50 states over the next five years.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026
  • 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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“Lots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lots. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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