laundry list

noun

: a usually long list of items

… the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills …

—N. C. Miller

Examples 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

During the latest Swamp Things, Edgar and Mark lay out the laundry list of concerns that were impossible to ignore Saturday night. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2026

This second game of the regular season figured to give the UConn women’s basketball team a laundry list of things to fix. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2026

Bolt-ons include a big brake kit, performance intake, snorkel, and a laundry list of off-road accessories. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 3 Nov. 2026

For years, scientists have explored how the molecules that waft from our breath or skin might be harnessed to sniff out a laundry list of diseases — Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, certain cancers, the flu and the common cold. — Marta Zaraaska, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for laundry list

• blastocyst
• bolshevist
• coexist
• egoist
• hedonist
• jihadist
• nativist
• oculist
• reminisced
• trotskyist
• assist
• blacklist