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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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lots

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lot

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Recent Examples of lots
Noun
The sale will include nearly 300 lots and will be handled by auctioneer Millon at the Hotel Drouot auction house on Monday. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 Keeping the studio lots as is leaves a lot of flexibility on the rest of the portfolio. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 But various companies over the years have drilled and explored the site, building evidence that the mine still has lots to offer. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Sep. 2026 The city also approved an agreement last year for the developer to fund improvements on 40 parking spaces in existing lots. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 Georgia Tech in 2001 broke ground on an ambitious — and unproven — plan to to transform eight blocks of derelict lots in Midtown into an academic and corporate hub. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Most private lots and an increasing number of public lots and garages are going app-only. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 Ultimately, the land was sold, subdivided into lots, and became the town of Lewistown. — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026 Our job is to create a haystack with lots and lots of needles. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lots
Noun
  • If that’s possible, then mathematicians can get many hard-to-prove properties of a regular graph from the matching binomial graph — for free.
    — Paulina Rowińska, Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In 2024, Marx, Hill, and several neighbors hired a grazier to bring goats and sheep to nineteen properties in Bennett Ridge.
    — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • The country plans to expand LNG capacity from 77 million tons per year to 142 million by 2030, and duplicating that infrastructure isn’t feasible.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Every year, more than 350 million tons of PET plastic waste are generated globally.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
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  • Today, that room looks across UC Davis experimental fields — and toward the small airport where the home’s current owner, Elizabeth Thigpen, learned to fly as a teenager.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • More than 60 have been approved, in fields including respiratory care, cybersecurity and water resource management.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Robby stayed home, measuring the time between clusters of seizures in video games and cartoons.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Huddleston notes that first-year growth stays low to the ground as a leafy rosette, whereas in the second year, poison hemlock can reach up to 10 feet in height and is often found in large clusters.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 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
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  • Eventbrite identifies those formats as part of a broader shift in how people go out, keeping music, crowds and the feeling of a night out while moving the activity away from drinking.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • However, that’s changing, as travelers continue to visit in milder months with fewer crowds.
    — Chris Dong, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026
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  • Ahead of Wednesday's hearing, an amicus brief was filed by other news groups, urging the court to immediately restore the three outlets' White House access.
    — JOCELYN NOVECK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The two groups are already collaborating on projects with the goal of building a slate of projects that are connected with brand partners from the very start.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 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 25 Sep. 2026.

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