wish list
noun
: a list of desired but often realistically unobtainable items
a wish list of useful changes
Examples of wish list in a Sentence
That book is on my wish list.
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Balon’s department wish list equates to a $10.3 million budget increase over five years.
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Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
That wish list is missing the point somewhat; these are ebikes as trophies to some degree, something to park on its $650 carbon kickstand next to your AMG 63.
—William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
For the upcoming summer, the Marcel Black Nappa mules are on my wish list (because yes, the square-bottom heel is everything!).
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 22 May 2025
Presidential budgets are wish lists put forth to Congress, with lawmakers calling the final spending shots, and NASA has seen this movie before—most recently and dramatically in 2010.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 May 2025
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Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
That wish list is missing the point somewhat; these are ebikes as trophies to some degree, something to park on its $650 carbon kickstand next to your AMG 63.
—William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
For the upcoming summer, the Marcel Black Nappa mules are on my wish list (because yes, the square-bottom heel is everything!).
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 22 May 2025
Presidential budgets are wish lists put forth to Congress, with lawmakers calling the final spending shots, and NASA has seen this movie before—most recently and dramatically in 2010.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for wish list
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“Wish list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wish%20list. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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