the lot
noun
: all the things of a group
They sell tuxedos, business suits, casual wear …the lot.
This one's the best of the lot.
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Greene wasn’t an out-and-out wildman firing missles all over the lot as a rookie.
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Chuck Murr, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The Rams are moving to the Pac-12 next summer and will enter it as arguably the third-best hoops program of the lot, trailing only Gonzaga and San Diego State.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
As children played in the parking lot on March 7, Clubb drove into the lot and tried to run over the worker with his vehicle, police said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2025
The person dragged the pup by the leash around the lot, which the animal shelter cut out in the Facebook post on February 20.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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Chuck Murr, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The Rams are moving to the Pac-12 next summer and will enter it as arguably the third-best hoops program of the lot, trailing only Gonzaga and San Diego State.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
As children played in the parking lot on March 7, Clubb drove into the lot and tried to run over the worker with his vehicle, police said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2025
The person dragged the pup by the leash around the lot, which the animal shelter cut out in the Facebook post on February 20.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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“The lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20lot. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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