laundry list
noun
: a usually long list of items
… the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills …—
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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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Some sketches even repeat the same complaints within the same sketch, rather than continue what, in theory, should be a never-ending laundry list of nagging social customs.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
Streep also has a laundry list of accolades, including three Oscars and three Emmys, to go with her classic filmography.
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Grace Gavilanes,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
As is typical for a show of this scale, the four episodes of Season 3 provided to critics came with a laundry list of spoilers longer than some wedding toasts.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
15 June 2026
The mild-mannered married dad of two young adult children ticks off a laundry list of advocacy and policy achievements, especially affordable housing, tenants and workers rights, racial justice and improving public schools, like the ones his kids attended in Park Slope.
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Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
Streep also has a laundry list of accolades, including three Oscars and three Emmys, to go with her classic filmography.
—
Grace Gavilanes,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
As is typical for a show of this scale, the four episodes of Season 3 provided to critics came with a laundry list of spoilers longer than some wedding toasts.
—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
15 June 2026
The mild-mannered married dad of two young adult children ticks off a laundry list of advocacy and policy achievements, especially affordable housing, tenants and workers rights, racial justice and improving public schools, like the ones his kids attended in Park Slope.
—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for laundry list
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“Laundry list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry%20list. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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