laundry list
noun
: a usually long list of items
the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills—
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N. C. MillerExamples of laundry list in a Sentence
She described a laundry list of goals for the city's schools.
He recited a laundry list of problems.
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Meanwhile, there’s a laundry list of recent data pointing to a weakening labor market.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
The district says the money will help pay for a laundry list of programs, such as all-day kindergarten at all grade schools; the universal free breakfast program; pre-K centers; expanded career-technical education programs; and additional social workers, counselors and behavior specialists.
—Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
That drug is known to metabolize into the identical psych profile an anabolic steroid will produce … Not making excuses or asking for a pass, just putting it out there as a detail that may have been confused with a laundry list of other potential suspects.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
What admissions officers are looking for here is not encyclopedic knowledge or a laundry list of classes.
—Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
The district says the money will help pay for a laundry list of programs, such as all-day kindergarten at all grade schools; the universal free breakfast program; pre-K centers; expanded career-technical education programs; and additional social workers, counselors and behavior specialists.
—Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
That drug is known to metabolize into the identical psych profile an anabolic steroid will produce … Not making excuses or asking for a pass, just putting it out there as a detail that may have been confused with a laundry list of other potential suspects.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
What admissions officers are looking for here is not encyclopedic knowledge or a laundry list of classes.
—Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for laundry list
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“Laundry list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry%20list. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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