laundry list
noun
: a usually long list of items
… the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills …—
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She described a laundry list of goals for the city's schools.
He recited a laundry list of problems.
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Wilde and Seth Rogen play longtime marrieds harboring a laundry list of resentments who host their upstairs neighbors (Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton) for an evening of fun.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
On Thursday, Flyers general manager Danny Briere released a laundry list of injuries players were dealing with in the NHL playoffs.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 14 May 2026
And downtown on Michigan Avenue, Water Tower Place, once the anchor of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, carries its own laundry list of troubles after years of financial losses and the closure of several major tenants.
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In California, single-payer is fiercely opposed by health insurers, the California Medical Association, chambers of commerce and a laundry list of industry trade associations.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
On Thursday, Flyers general manager Danny Briere released a laundry list of injuries players were dealing with in the NHL playoffs.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 14 May 2026
And downtown on Michigan Avenue, Water Tower Place, once the anchor of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, carries its own laundry list of troubles after years of financial losses and the closure of several major tenants.
—Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
In California, single-payer is fiercely opposed by health insurers, the California Medical Association, chambers of commerce and a laundry list of industry trade associations.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
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“Laundry list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry%20list. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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