an awful lot
idiom
informal
1
: a large amount
They lost an awful lot of money.
She does an awful lot of talking.
2
: very much
I like him an awful lot.
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Truth be told, there’s an awful lot that’s great about today’s game - players have never been more talented, and the greatest among them would excel in any era.
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Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
And The Brutalist gets an awful lot wrong…Brady Corbet riled the architecture world by playing fast and loose with his interpretation of brutalism, the Bauhaus, postwar immigration and the basic process of architecture itself.
—Matt Shaw, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
He was dismayed to discover that an awful lot of the job involved moving beakers from one table to another.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
In fairness, a good breakfast buffet can offer an awful lot of satisfaction.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
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Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
And The Brutalist gets an awful lot wrong…Brady Corbet riled the architecture world by playing fast and loose with his interpretation of brutalism, the Bauhaus, postwar immigration and the basic process of architecture itself.
—Matt Shaw, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
He was dismayed to discover that an awful lot of the job involved moving beakers from one table to another.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
In fairness, a good breakfast buffet can offer an awful lot of satisfaction.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
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