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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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Rick continues to show an awful lot of interest whenever Sritala’s husband gets mentioned, and Scott Glenn is the right age to play Walton Goggins’ father.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
Between 2021 and ‘23, the baseball operations department committed an awful lot of Seidler’s (and other owners’ and lenders’) money to acquiring talent.
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That is an awful lot to lose: for individuals, and for the nation’s economy.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Rick continues to show an awful lot of interest whenever Sritala’s husband gets mentioned, and Scott Glenn is the right age to play Walton Goggins’ father.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
Between 2021 and ‘23, the baseball operations department committed an awful lot of Seidler’s (and other owners’ and lenders’) money to acquiring talent.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
That is an awful lot to lose: for individuals, and for the nation’s economy.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
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