playlist
noun
play·list
ˈplā-ˌlist 
: a list of recordings to be played on the air by a radio station
also
: a similar list used for organizing a personal digital music collection
Examples of playlist in a Sentence
Most of the city's DJs have added the song to their playlists.
Recent Examples on the Web
Those hometown concerts in 2022 felt like the crystallization of her career — a more significant milestone than when Barack Obama put her on his annual playlist, or when she was asked to play at this month’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio.
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Dani Blum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
With a book by Lynn Nottage, the show focuses on the lead-up to that record-smashing tour, but still enfolds a heck of a playlist.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024
Armstrong also conducted a free Oakland Symphony Family Hype concert in 2023, presented in partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bay Area, which featured a playlist selected by youths fighting serious illnesses, their families and the health officials who were caring for them.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
The beat goes on, but much of Taylor Swift’s, Beyoncé’s and even the Beatles’ back catalogs could be off playlists in Chechnya after the Russian republic instituted limits on musical tempo.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Michael Steele, former director of playlist programming development at WMG, is the label’s new vp of streaming and playlist strategy.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2024
Seven years on, its pleasant pop is worthy of this playlist.
—Maria Sherman, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
The titles in this 53-minute, 15-song eclipse playlist create a story in itself, marking the timeline of an eclipse from its initial move into the sky to the moment that the moon passes over the sun and shrouds the ground in darkness to when the eclipse passes and sunshine streams through again.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024
Get an upbeat playlist going and venture out east for a good time that is practically guaranteed.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2024
Dani Blum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
With a book by Lynn Nottage, the show focuses on the lead-up to that record-smashing tour, but still enfolds a heck of a playlist.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024
Armstrong also conducted a free Oakland Symphony Family Hype concert in 2023, presented in partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bay Area, which featured a playlist selected by youths fighting serious illnesses, their families and the health officials who were caring for them.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
The beat goes on, but much of Taylor Swift’s, Beyoncé’s and even the Beatles’ back catalogs could be off playlists in Chechnya after the Russian republic instituted limits on musical tempo.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Michael Steele, former director of playlist programming development at WMG, is the label’s new vp of streaming and playlist strategy.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2024
Seven years on, its pleasant pop is worthy of this playlist.
—Maria Sherman, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
The titles in this 53-minute, 15-song eclipse playlist create a story in itself, marking the timeline of an eclipse from its initial move into the sky to the moment that the moon passes over the sun and shrouds the ground in darkness to when the eclipse passes and sunshine streams through again.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024
Get an upbeat playlist going and venture out east for a good time that is practically guaranteed.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Playlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playlist. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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