as in oh
old-fashioned + literary used to call attention to something or to show wonder or surprise Lo, the king approaches! the adventures we have shared for lo these many years

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Recent Examples of lo No me lo van a creer pero nos chocaron el yate mientras estábamos en Nápoles. Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024 Now a court action could resolve the question that’s been hanging over the complex for lo these many years: Can, and should, Seaside be saved? Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024 Flash forward a decade and lo, Abby has found herself on a zeitgeisty FX show called The Bear. Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lo
Interjection
  • Uh oh, has the firefighter moved on and found love with someone new?
    Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 13 Apr. 2025
  • And oh, the power play Imagine a recent season in which the Rangers, in a tie game, get three power plays over the final 9:14 of regulation, including a 24-second five-on-three.
    Arthur Staple, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Interjection
  • But hey, great artists don’t shy away from the truth.
    Tony Sachs, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Not in a classroom with a lecture but sitting on your couch with your family, eating some popcorn, getting this informal education, and hopefully planting a seed that, hey, Black women do this type of science.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 7 Mar. 2025
Interjection
  • Also, many of the views are, well, astonishingly beautiful.
    Robin Raven, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • And if the Flames play beyond Game 82, well, that would leave the Canucks as the only Canadian team not invited to this year’s Stanley Cup playoff party.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Lo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lo. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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