vacant lot
noun
: a piece of land that is not being used
The children played in the vacant lot between the two buildings.
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In 1987, Mexican immigrant Maria Lopez purchased a vacant lot at the corner of Avalon Boulevard and 54th Street.
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Martina Ibáñez-Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Tony Atwater had been hoping to keep a vacant lot that had been in his family for generations.
—Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Guardian Capital, a Southern California development firm, owns a 4.9-acre vacant lot just near a historic World War II landmark – a former Ford plant turned military vehicle assembly site.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
That hasn’t been the case with the the vacant lot where Malekia and Maya McKinney’s childhood home once stood.
—Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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Martina Ibáñez-Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Tony Atwater had been hoping to keep a vacant lot that had been in his family for generations.
—Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Guardian Capital, a Southern California development firm, owns a 4.9-acre vacant lot just near a historic World War II landmark – a former Ford plant turned military vehicle assembly site.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
That hasn’t been the case with the the vacant lot where Malekia and Maya McKinney’s childhood home once stood.
—Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Vacant lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacant%20lot. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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