a whole lot

idiom

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

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That’s a whole lot more money for not so many more meals, but there are certainly many attendant costs involved, including organic foods and an increase in the per‑meal reimbursement rate. Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025 There’s little margin for error, and the difference between walking away from this season with a few extra hundred million in sales revenue and being on the hook for a whole lot of compensatory units is a matter of a couple of percentage points. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Themes surrounding our relationships, finances and values are under a magnifying glass at this time — because suddenly, the little things matter a whole lot more. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025 Well, that rules out a whole lot of major villains that Reeves may have adapted, after previously doing high profile ones like The Riddler, Catwoman (well, sometimes-villain) and the all-time great Colin Farrell Penguin. Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 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 21 Sep. 2025.

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