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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There will be some kinks to iron out in TGL’s 2026 season: The person in charge of the playlist should apparently be one of them.
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Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Magnesium mocktails, red-light lamps, white-noise playlists, silk eye masks, mouth tape.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Don’t play from a playlist from Spotify or from SoundCloud.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Previous Industries, Crimeapple, Smerz, Kacy Hill, Fib, Deradoorian, Elori Saxl, and more.
—Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2025
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Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Magnesium mocktails, red-light lamps, white-noise playlists, silk eye masks, mouth tape.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Don’t play from a playlist from Spotify or from SoundCloud.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Previous Industries, Crimeapple, Smerz, Kacy Hill, Fib, Deradoorian, Elori Saxl, and more.
—Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for playlist
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“Playlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playlist. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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