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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Jack Fink, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
The pity party playlist has run dry.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2026
Because skipping songs on a player was a hassle, most people sat with cassette albums as a track-by-track, linear journey, the antithesis to the algorithmic, shuffle-centric playlists ubiquitous on today’s streaming platforms.
—Oliver Wang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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Jack Fink, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
The pity party playlist has run dry.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2026
Because skipping songs on a player was a hassle, most people sat with cassette albums as a track-by-track, linear journey, the antithesis to the algorithmic, shuffle-centric playlists ubiquitous on today’s streaming platforms.
—Oliver Wang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Playlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playlist. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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