shopping list

noun

: a list of items to be purchased

broadly : a list of related items

… the biggest possible shopping list of budget cuts …

—Leonard Silk

Examples of shopping list in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unlike most Marvel movies that have the complexity of a shopping list, this film is refreshingly deeper and boasts rare transformative arcs for various characters — and not just the lead. —Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 6 May 2026

In short, Arsenal assets should be near the top of every manager’s shopping list for the run-in. —Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 4 May 2026

The result is a roster that reads more like a shopping list than a litter of cats — and animal lovers online are eating it up. —Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026

My number-one petite fashion hack is to buy subtly cropped pants that will fit me as full-length trousers, so this matching lounge set is definitely on my spring shopping list. —Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shopping list

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