lots of

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: a large number or amount of (things, people, etc.)
Lots of people feel that way.
There was lots of space.
We had lots of fun.
You can enjoy yourself without spending lots of money.

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Both my wife and I always considered artificial flowers tacky and not appropriate for cemeteries, even though lots of people decorate gravesites with them. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 Building new chip manufacturing plants isn’t cheap, even as Intel’s data center CPU business is booming and bringing in lots of cash. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026 So there's a lot of people living together in a space that is very, in some cases, timber heavy or filled with lots of conservation areas. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 To compliment her new wardrobe Michele will need to pack some shoes, and lots of them. — John Ficarra, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lots of

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“Lots of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lots%20of. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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