playlist
noun
play·list
ˈplā-ˌlist 
: a list of recordings to be played on the air by a radio station
also
: a similar list used for organizing a personal digital music collection
Examples of playlist in a Sentence
Most of the city's DJs have added the song to their playlists.
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This separation keeps parents' Discover Weekly and Wrapped playlists clean from unexpected surprises like a sudden obsession with gaming soundtracks or silly meme songs.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
The spooky lights are setting the mood inside and out, the doorway is decorated with pumpkins, skeletons and spiderwebs, the playlist is ready for the monsters to mash and the food table is topped with some grossly realistic-looking grub.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
CancelConfirm Share Include playlist An error occurred while retrieving sharing information.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
The spooky lights are setting the mood inside and out, the doorway is decorated with pumpkins, skeletons and spiderwebs, the playlist is ready for the monsters to mash and the food table is topped with some grossly realistic-looking grub.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
CancelConfirm Share Include playlist An error occurred while retrieving sharing information.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Playlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playlist. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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