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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And downtown on Michigan Avenue, Water Tower Place, once the anchor of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, carries its own laundry list of troubles after years of financial losses and the closure of several major tenants.
—Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
In California, single-payer is fiercely opposed by health insurers, the California Medical Association, chambers of commerce and a laundry list of industry trade associations.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Adding more items to your never ending laundry list is enough to make anyone roll their eyes.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
And that’s just a slither of Knueppel’s laundry list of accolades.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
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Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
In California, single-payer is fiercely opposed by health insurers, the California Medical Association, chambers of commerce and a laundry list of industry trade associations.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Adding more items to your never ending laundry list is enough to make anyone roll their eyes.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
And that’s just a slither of Knueppel’s laundry list of accolades.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
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 16 May. 2026.
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