laundry list
noun
: a usually long list of items
the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills—
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She described a laundry list of goals for the city's schools.
He recited a laundry list of problems.
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Amie Parnes, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
New England Patriots The New England Patriots, who finished fourth-worst in the NFL last season, had a laundry list of needs entering this offseason.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
There is a laundry list of lessons the Giants can learn from the Eagles.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
The proof is in the laundry list of understudies listed above.
—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Laundry list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry%20list. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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