laundry list
noun
: a usually long list of items
the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills—
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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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Uchis has a laundry list of foremothers for every album; her past muses have ranged from La Lupe to Nancy Sinatra.
—Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
Then Wes Moore ran for governor, promising a liberal laundry list that ranged from reviving the Red Line to closing the racial wealth gap and buying electric school buses.
—Yuripzy Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2025
The bill, introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel of Encino, also includes a laundry list of Democratic priorities, from electric vehicle incentives to grants for Native tribes in California to investigate cases of missing and murdered indigenous people.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Against this backdrop, they’re also expected to have their lives figured out by an early age, and rack up a laundry list of achievements to cite in an increasingly lengthy and comparison-filled college application process.
—Anna North, Vox, 24 Apr. 2025
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Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
Then Wes Moore ran for governor, promising a liberal laundry list that ranged from reviving the Red Line to closing the racial wealth gap and buying electric school buses.
—Yuripzy Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2025
The bill, introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel of Encino, also includes a laundry list of Democratic priorities, from electric vehicle incentives to grants for Native tribes in California to investigate cases of missing and murdered indigenous people.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Against this backdrop, they’re also expected to have their lives figured out by an early age, and rack up a laundry list of achievements to cite in an increasingly lengthy and comparison-filled college application process.
—Anna North, Vox, 24 Apr. 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 21 May. 2025.
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