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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When I arrived in the parking lot on an August Saturday afternoon, I immediately saw a pink Cadillac, a vestige of the Cupid’s Outlet.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
In Cali, part of the Hospital Universitario del Valle collapsed during the quake, forcing doctors to move patients into a parking lot and treat some in the open air.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The mission placed Inside Safe enrollees in a tent structure it had erected several years earlier on a parking lot behind its building on San Pedro Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Japan's national broadcaster NHK reports numerous accounts of trees being toppled by strong winds throughout Nago city in Okinawa, while a car was found overturned and leaking oil in a parking lot.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
I’ve noticed that the same group of motorcycle riders comes to have coffee in the parking lot a few times a week, and they’ve started waving and saying good morning to me.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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