laundry list
noun
: a usually long list of items
… the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills …—
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She described a laundry list of goals for the city's schools.
He recited a laundry list of problems.
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Sacramento City Unified School District leaders are proposing a laundry list of cuts to prevent a financial crisis that would put the district at risk of county or state intervention.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
However, the tale of a grieving husband and father quickly unraveled as Murdaugh’s laundry list of financial crimes – and elaborate cover-up schemes – against his legal clients came to light.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
There is a laundry list of policy changes that directly affect the technology industry.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
Two of the surviving flight attendants attribute a laundry list of ailments to the exposure, and argue that the fume event didn’t merely put them out of work.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
However, the tale of a grieving husband and father quickly unraveled as Murdaugh’s laundry list of financial crimes – and elaborate cover-up schemes – against his legal clients came to light.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
There is a laundry list of policy changes that directly affect the technology industry.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
Two of the surviving flight attendants attribute a laundry list of ailments to the exposure, and argue that the fume event didn’t merely put them out of work.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 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 13 Nov. 2025.
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