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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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as in tons
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
Our job is to create a haystack with lots and lots of needles. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 There’s lots resting on this tension, because there’s really nobody else in the movie, even with a surprisingly large cast of extras. Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 Some of the beans are sourced through Colombian coffee auctions held across the country, giving the café access to distinctive lots from producers. Nikkita Nair, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2026 By 2031, the board agreed that the regulations would apply to one-acre lots. Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026 Construction workers gather around food trucks amid the sea of wooden frames and empty lots. Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 In addition to caring for most of the city's trees, KIB transforms vacant and neglected lots into neighborhood green spaces. Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2026 Though most of the actual artwork is completed by the end of the festival’s first day, Nelson says the rest of the festival still has lots to offer. Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026 The following surface lots will be open four hours before kickoff during the Bengals 2026 season, according to Bengals spokesperson Emily Parker. Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lots
Noun
  • Modern engineering applications usually demand a range of properties that a single material cannot provide.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026
  • That’s especially true for properties with dependable access to regional power grids.
    Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The company estimates that installed LNG capacity will need to reach 900 million tons per annum by 2035 to meet future demand.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And while their estimate of a billion tons of water is much higher than what's believed to exist, Elvis and McDowell say finding additional water could extend a large city's lifespan.
    Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • September transforms open fields, roadsides and mountain meadows into bold, vivid landscapes of brilliant yellows, purples, reds, whites and other hues.
    Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • These rules exactly correspond to the monotone Boolean functions—a function type crucial in fields such as cryptography and voting theory.
    Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Wire cables, arranged in clusters across a gallery floor, conjure tufts of grass.
    Carolina A. Miranda, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Cut the clusters in half on an angle and add to shallot mixture (don’t stir).
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • People looking out for themselves have compromised the fates of those who have less control over their destinies.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Saturday brought periods of rain, smaller crowds and people huddling beneath umbrellas while performers and vendors pushed ahead.
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And for all the complaints that Hollywood has basically abandoned film festivals, there was no shortage of celebrities to elicit big reactions from crowds.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • For groups of six to 10, the library offers a private dining space that can be booked ahead.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The $177 billion finding represents nearly 10% of federal discretionary spending, the groups said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 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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“Lots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lots. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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