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.
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Grab some friends and family, make some sandwiches, pack an ice chest of drinks and prep your summer playlist.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Usmanov is forty-three but already knows who will be in charge of his funeral playlist, and of drinks (bylaws notwithstanding), and of enforcing his persona-non-grata list.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify.
—Pitchfork, 2 June 2025
The low thrum of a crowd as the playlist slides from early ’90s R&B to a warm wave of Afrobeats.
—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Usmanov is forty-three but already knows who will be in charge of his funeral playlist, and of drinks (bylaws notwithstanding), and of enforcing his persona-non-grata list.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify.
—Pitchfork, 2 June 2025
The low thrum of a crowd as the playlist slides from early ’90s R&B to a warm wave of Afrobeats.
—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for playlist
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“Playlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playlist. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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