laundry list
noun
: a usually long list of items
the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills—
N. C. Miller
N. C. MillerExamples 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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As the curtains draw to a close on 2024, Louisville Tourism is celebrating a laundry list of local tourist attractions that garnered recognition from national publications throughout the year.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2024
Rowe is providing the task force with a laundry list of specific areas that the agency is working on to remedy the event from July 13 – and to prevent another assassination attempt from happening.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
In May, Henri Barde, who recently retired from the European Space Agency (ESA), offered a laundry list of reasons to keep both our feet and our solar farms on the ground--for now.
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—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2024
Arun Subramanian will rule on attorneys’ latest request for bail for Combs, who asked he be released with a $50 million bond and a laundry list of conditions including home detention in Miami or New York City, security lockdown and no internet access.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2024
Rowe is providing the task force with a laundry list of specific areas that the agency is working on to remedy the event from July 13 – and to prevent another assassination attempt from happening.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
In May, Henri Barde, who recently retired from the European Space Agency (ESA), offered a laundry list of reasons to keep both our feet and our solar farms on the ground--for now.
2.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2024
Arun Subramanian will rule on attorneys’ latest request for bail for Combs, who asked he be released with a $50 million bond and a laundry list of conditions including home detention in Miami or New York City, security lockdown and no internet access.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Laundry list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry%20list. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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