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laundry list
noun
: a usually long list of items
the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills—N. C. Miller
Examples of laundry list in a Sentence
She described a laundry list of goals for the city's schools.
He recited a laundry list of problems.
Recent Examples on the Web
In fact, airlines publish a whole laundry list of such transgressions.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
But Trump has gone farther, offering a laundry list of cuts to everyone from Social Security beneficiaries to car buyers.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024
While my grandma was a stay-at-home mom, my mom went to work full-time and came home to a laundry list of chores and our extracurricular commitments.
—Stephanie Montes, refinery29.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Among a laundry list of other provisions, the Green New Deal would have banned not just fracking, but also leasing and drilling operations.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1958, in the meaning defined above
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“Laundry list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry%20list. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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