a whole lot

idiom

: very much
Things are looking a whole lot brighter now.

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The sisters there were ’70s folkies; the daughter a ’90s alt-rocker; and the lyrics a whole lot stronger. Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 One thing is for certain: U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) job just got a whole lot bigger, according to Felicia Pullam, former executive director of the Office of Trade Relations at CBP. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025 Reynolds will have her work cut out for her and not just because marketing Chicago is a whole lot more complicated than selling Fire Island and the Hamptons. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025 Inspiration combined with imagination and ingenuity is the formula for the patented magic (though there's a whole lot more that goes into it). Devonne Goode, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for a whole lot

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“A whole lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20whole%20lot. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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