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

Meanwhile, Jamaica Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith provided a laundry list of offers and the challenges each faces. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Rice water has been popular in both Korean and Japanese beauty rituals for centuries because of its laundry list of benefits. — Sarah Han, Allure, 24 Sep. 2026

Trash Mountain has a laundry list of producers, all lending a hand to what was obviously a labor of love as well as a perfect starring role for the talented and hilarious Hearon. — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Weeks later, an investigation by the local fire marshal inside the El Reno data center uncovered a further laundry list of horrifying violations. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 10 Sep. 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