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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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
That’s an awful lot of votes left on the table, and Harris has not habitually fared well with undecided voters.
—Robin Epley, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
That base figure of eight big ones is an awful lot of dough to trade in for 30 ticks, yet NBC’s bundled offer won’t be in play forever.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 July 2025
There's an awful lot of people who came out to vote vote for him, who don't even regularly vote in November elections.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
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“An awful lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/an%20awful%20lot. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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