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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
That would make the construction of small apartment or condo buildings less expensive, helping developers fill Chicago’s empty lots with units that are also affordable, said Ald. Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 6 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 affected lots have best by or use by dates ranging from May to November. Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026 The rules generally require a residential site to have at least 200 feet of water frontage on Biscayne Bay, with specific exceptions for some existing lots. Luisa Yanez updated September 3, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 The couple first tried for locations in Chicago and San Francisco and finally ended up in Exposition Park, taking over land that was once parking lots and transforming it into a futuristic museum that has been likened to a spaceship. Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 But the program did nothing to prevent new families from moving to the same lots. Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026 Secondly, while many of the housing laws are in the hands of the state, City Council Speaker Julie Menin recently suggested changes to the city's building code as part of an idea to build up to 35,000 housing units on small lots. Remy Raisner, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Wildfire mitigation is essential in Rainbow Hill, a neighborhood of 3,200 acres cut into about 120 lots. Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 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
  • China’s grain output reached a record 715 million tons in 2025, while national plans call for increasing comprehensive grain production capacity to about 725 million tons by 2030.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But by the end of the season, Bowen Byram and Power were eating tons of minutes together and helping lead the Sabres to the best record in the Atlantic Division.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 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
  • Anyone going to Yosemite for a Labor Day day trip or a quick overnighter should be prepared for crowds and plenty of traffic.
    Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Parking lots and streets surrounding Acrisure Stadium were packed with tents, music and crowds as Pitt supporters soaked in the game-day atmosphere.
    Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Human rights groups and advocates have denounced mass and arbitrary arrests, torture and disappearances in the Central American nation's prison system.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The groups also argue such a lack of transparency could entrench the most powerful labs and models with open-source companies in the dark, and that Congress should be looped in as well.
    Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 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 11 Sep. 2026.

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