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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That's an awful lot of ground to cover, considering that season 1 took place over only the span of a year.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2025
There’s an awful lot of callbacks to it that are mostly intentional, but some of them are unintentional.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Besides a nifty design and impressive camera features, there’s not an awful lot else that separates the Phone (3a) from most other phones.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
There has been an awful lot of water under the bridge since then — and a lot of ill will between the clubs at boardroom level — but there was always a degree of respect between Guardiola and Klopp and, the odd flare-up aside, between the two sets of players.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2025
There’s an awful lot of callbacks to it that are mostly intentional, but some of them are unintentional.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Besides a nifty design and impressive camera features, there’s not an awful lot else that separates the Phone (3a) from most other phones.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
There has been an awful lot of water under the bridge since then — and a lot of ill will between the clubs at boardroom level — but there was always a degree of respect between Guardiola and Klopp and, the odd flare-up aside, between the two sets of players.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
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“An awful lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/an%20awful%20lot. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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