parking lot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of parking lot
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example Sentences
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In that bitter January darkness of a Manchester elementary school parking lot, several dozen voters clustered in line beside me to get into the gym just as the polls opened.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
They were briefly repelled by a security guard, who along with two other victims in the parking lot, alerted people at the center and police to the attack, saving lives.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Awad and another man -- named as Mansour Kaziha -- drew the gunmen back into the parking lot.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
At a rally in a parking lot outside his campaign headquarters in Florence, Kentucky, on Saturday, Congressman Thomas Massie said that the Republican politicians who joined him had made a brave choice.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the parking lot were the other tracks.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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