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A LOT

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a very great degree or extent

Example:

this would help a great deal

Synonyms:

a good deal; a great deal; a lot; lots; much; very much

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 Context examples: 

The inflamed bronchi produce a lot of mucus.

(Chronic Bronchitis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

"People think they're seed predators, but it turns out they actually do disperse a lot of seeds."

(Thai Elephants Help Spread Jungle Fruit's Seeds, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)

On Earth, ozone absorbs UV in the stratosphere, protecting our world from a lot of the Sun’s harmful radiation.

(WASP-18b Has Smothering Stratosphere Without Water, NASA)

Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Do you worry a lot about your chest trouble?

(AQ20 - Worry a Lot About Chest Trouble, NCI Thesaurus)

They may spend a lot of time putting things in order before they can pay attention, or they may say the same sentence again and again to calm themselves down.

(Autism, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

If you were in there, the night sky would be bright with young stars, and there would be a lot of dust, gas, and remnants of exploding stars.

(Telescopes Uncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy, NASA)

The brain uses a lot of energy compared to other body organs, and the association between brain activity and energy utilization is an important marker of brain health.

(Study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects, National Institutes of Health)

“We have a lot more work to do, but so far this is very promising,” said Glenn Gaudette, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering at WPI and corresponding author of the paper.

(Human Heart Cells Grown on Spinach Leaves, VOA News)

The solar wind can steal electrons from the neutral gas, resulting in an X-ray glow that looks a lot like the glow from an old supernova.

(Evidence for supernovas near Earth, NASA)

Lixin Wang of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, senior author of the research, said, When plants use a lot of water, there will be less water for people.

(Previously unknown mechanism causes increased forest water use, National Science Foundation)