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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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
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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
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“Laundry list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry%20list. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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