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laundry list

noun

Informal.
  1. a lengthy, especially random list of items.

    a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.



laundry list

noun

  1. a list of items perceived as being long

    a laundry list of complaints

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of laundry list1

First recorded in 1955–60
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The spirit of the Ojai festival need not be conveyed by a laundry list of composers and works or by value judgments.

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In a letter to the university, its "Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism" laid out a laundry list of changes that Harvard must make, including terminating diversity programmes, reforming admissions and hiring, screening foreign students for views hostile to "American values", and expanding and protecting "viewpoint diversity" among students and faculty.

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Uchis has a laundry list of foremothers for every album; her past muses have ranged from La Lupe to Nancy Sinatra.

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The order directs Bondi to seek out and prioritize state laws that address climate change, environmental justice, greenhouse gas emissions and carbon taxes, which is “kind of like a laundry list of all the things the oil-and-gas industry doesn’t like,” Coulter said.

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The companies and agencies that are most likely to be interested in 23andMe’s data represents a laundry list of cops, AI startups and pharmaceutical companies.

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