laundry list
noun
: a usually long list of items
the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills—
N. C. Miller
N. C. MillerExamples 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.
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But Tuesday, the first trading day of September, is shaping up to be a tough one, as investors grapple with a laundry list of worries for the month.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
When his rural house of horrors was discovered by authorities in 1957, future production designers got a laundry list of ideas for grotesque set decorations.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Only last year, the State Department reported a laundry list of El Salvador’s offenses, including lethal prison conditions — a convenient about-face for an administration using these same prisons as gulags for its deported immigrants.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
La Volpe was a goalkeeper in his playing days, winning the World Cup with Argentina in 1978, before coaching a laundry list of club and international sides during his management career — including Boca Juniors, Velez Sarsfield and Monterrey.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
When his rural house of horrors was discovered by authorities in 1957, future production designers got a laundry list of ideas for grotesque set decorations.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Only last year, the State Department reported a laundry list of El Salvador’s offenses, including lethal prison conditions — a convenient about-face for an administration using these same prisons as gulags for its deported immigrants.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
La Volpe was a goalkeeper in his playing days, winning the World Cup with Argentina in 1978, before coaching a laundry list of club and international sides during his management career — including Boca Juniors, Velez Sarsfield and Monterrey.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 22 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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