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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.
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The windfall from those tolls was put toward a laundry list of transportation projects around the Bay Area — but not on bridges, Goodwin said.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
The bottom line: Back at the Quaker Station, amid a laundry list of legislative pushes, Sykes sprinkled in CHIPS.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
The fuel discount offering is Prime’s latest addition to its laundry list of member benefits, which span music and video streaming services, food and grocery delivery, and even medical care and prescription drug savings.
—Erika Tulfo, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
The Clippers needed some tuning up, but George was way down on the laundry list of issues.
—Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 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 29 Nov. 2024.
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