shopping list
noun
: a list of items to be purchased
broadly
: a list of related items
the biggest possible shopping list of budget cuts —
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Methodology To gather the data, our team created a shopping list of 25 Fourth of July cookout items.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
The following Monday, Maureen gave Flora a shopping list—ingredients for a salade Niçoise, half a loaf of bread (ancient grain), two pears (French butter), and three gerbera daisies.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
Robin Wenzel, group head of the Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute, agreed that more shoppers, concerned about both their health and their budgets, are dropping snacks off the shopping list.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Another transfer window, another shopping list for Manchester United.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 June 2025
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
The following Monday, Maureen gave Flora a shopping list—ingredients for a salade Niçoise, half a loaf of bread (ancient grain), two pears (French butter), and three gerbera daisies.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
Robin Wenzel, group head of the Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute, agreed that more shoppers, concerned about both their health and their budgets, are dropping snacks off the shopping list.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Another transfer window, another shopping list for Manchester United.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 June 2025
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“Shopping list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20list. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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