bucket list

noun

: a list of things that one has not done before but wants to do before dying

Examples of bucket list in a Sentence

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From bucket list art galleries in Manhattan to unique museums on Staten Island, here are five museums to visit during Must-See Week 2025. Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 Ride Horses on the Beach Hatteras is the kind of place where dreams and bucket list items go be fulfilled. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025 The sport unlocked a bucket list meeting for Hurts. Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 The small eatery flew even higher up my New York restaurant bucket list after dining at The Edge in early 2024, a restaurant owned by sisters Justine and Juliet Masters, who co-own The Good Good with Lesly Bernard. Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bucket list 

Word History

Etymology

from the phrase kick the bucket (to die)

First Known Use

2006, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bucket list was in 2006

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“Bucket list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bucket%20list. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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