parking lot
Americannoun
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parking lots
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of parking lot
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example Sentences
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My driverless Jaguar picked me up in a golf course parking lot a three-minute walk from my condo complex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
I’m only glad that you had health insurance and, I hope, paid time off when you slipped on ice in the parking lot and injured yourself.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
A Florida man was arrested in April after he showed a deputy inside a retail store an AI-generated video of people breaking into his patrol vehicle in the parking lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Pedestrians in plastic rain ponchos trudged through murky floodwaters in Bangkok's east -- knee-deep in some areas of a grocery store parking lot -- floating their belongings in plastic tubs alongside them, AFP journalists saw.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
He got to the building and darted into the parking lot underneath, then ducked between cars to catch his breath and think through his next move.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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