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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—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
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Missouri lawmakers returned to Jefferson City last month with a laundry list of priorities that could put the bill on the back burner.
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—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
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Melissa Repko, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
As evidenced by that laundry list of names, then, there will no shortage of love stories to follow after the finale of Tell Me Lies.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
Missouri lawmakers returned to Jefferson City last month with a laundry list of priorities that could put the bill on the back burner.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
Congressional Democrats are now expected to launch talks with the White House on a laundry list of demands around ICE, including requiring agents to stop wearing masks and identify themselves, wear body cameras and agree to independent probes of alleged wrongdoing.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Laundry list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry%20list. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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