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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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The bill’s passage comes after the Senate’s hard-right Missouri Freedom Caucus spent 41 hours blocking the renewal until a laundry list of their demands were met, including Parson’s signature on a bill barring Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood.
—Anna Sago, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
The move falls in line with the recommendation by Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis, who offered a laundry list of reasons for pushing the question out six months.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
According to the TikToker, the idea for the song stemmed from making fun of girls who complained about being single but then had a laundry list of expectations for potential partners.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024
And their friends relied on a laundry list of apps, from budgeting apps to investment roboadvisors to their regular bank.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 9 May 2024
Though Drake can proudly hoist his laundry list of accolades, spanning from his 13 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 to his all-time record number of Hot 100 entries, there’s no denying that this loss against hip-hop’s cerebral assassin will certainly muddy his standing in the rap world.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 7 May 2024
Members of the hard-right Missouri Freedom Caucus have for more than 34 hours held the Senate floor hostage, halting all action until a laundry list of their demands are met.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
But city planners have drafted long laundry lists of corrections needed before any of those plans can move forward.
—Jeff Collins, Orange County Register, 23 Apr. 2024
But the renewal has been stalled for months as a group of hard-right Republicans have pushed a laundry list of demands, including a plan to attach language to the bill that would block Planned Parenthood from receiving reimbursements from the Medicaid program.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 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 28 May. 2024.
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