bucket list

noun

Definition of bucket list

: a list of things that one has not done before but wants to do before dying

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Though this might be the case, witnessing this month's Blue Moon is still something to check off your bucket list. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "A Full Flower Blue Moon Is Happening This Month—Here’s Everything You Need to Know," 13 May 2019 Tell us a little bit about how the hotel has already made its way onto the jet-set's bucket list. — Hannah Seligson, Town & Country, "The Best Room At ... The Mandarin Oriental Canouan," 9 Apr. 2019 Photo: William Widmer for The Wall Street Journal College football is perfect in Death Valley, on the bucket list of places to see a game, especially one with these stakes. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "All Hail Our Alabama Football Overlords," 4 Nov. 2018 One thing on the bucket list of country favorites Shenandoah was to record a live album. — Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, "Shenandoah Talks New Live Album 'Reloaded,' Shares Cover Art & Tracklist: Exclusive," 2 Feb. 2018 But the lights are not guaranteed even in high latitudes, making their appearance a bucket list item made only more enticing in the age of #wanderlust imagecrafting. — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, "Keep on Chasing the Northern Lights," 25 Mar. 2019 Expensive, yes, but this was a bucket list item for my parents and me. — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, "An Entertainment Editor's Impulse Buys: A Roomba, End-of-Year Sales, and $450 on Ice Skating," 9 Jan. 2019 From the coolest shops to the best pancakes and must-stroll parks, consider the below a bucket list for your first trip to the city. — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, "This Hotel Will Make All The Fashion Girls Flock to Amsterdam," 15 Nov. 2018 If Shanghai isn't on your bucket list, then add it. — Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR, "How to Do Shanghai in 12 Hours or Less," 14 Dec. 2018

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