laundry list

Example Sentences

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His son’s medical expenses are never far from Harden’s mind, along with an ever-growing laundry list of concerns.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

If the reader starts to feel pangs of resentment about this laundry list of expectations — well, we’re reminded that marriage is hard for a man too.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

The 36-year-old from Orlando, Fla., arrived in late February for a weeklong trip with friends, checking off a laundry list of theme parks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Judging by the laundry list of musicians who flocked to the Hotel Cafe in those early years, his hunch was spot-on.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

For the purposes of this book, the key question about the laundry list is whether such factors differed systematically from continent to continent and thereby led to continental differences in technological development.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond