wish list
nounDefinition of wish list
: a list of desired but often realistically unobtainable items
a wish list of useful changes
Examples of wish list in a Sentence
That book is on my wish list.
Recent Examples on the Web
Democrats have a wish list that also includes Iowa, Georgia and North Carolina, where a trio of freshman lawmakers — Joni Ernst, David Perdue and Thom Tillis, respectively — appear relatively safe, unless a Democratic wave emerges in 2020. — Los Angeles Times, "Free college? Better healthcare? Democrats need to win the Senate along with the White House," 15 Aug. 2019 Though in its early stages, the measure would likely be a penny sales tax to fund a wish list of infrastructure projects. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "Targeting Bay Area gridlock, groups floating $100 billion tax measure," 20 July 2019 The City of Miami, for instance, assembled a $1.3 billion wish list of sea rise-fighting projects a few years ago, but it isn’t considered comprehensive, just a start of things to come. — Alex Harris, sun-sentinel.com, "Adapting to climate change is going to cost Florida a lot. Who’s going to pay for it?," 13 July 2019 Months before shooting began on Yesterday, the director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) presented a wish list of Beatles songs to his star, Himesh Patel, an actor best known for his work on the British soap opera EastEnders. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, "How Yesterday Builds the Sound of the Beatles, Without the Beatles," 27 June 2019 An energy-efficient, two-story house named Bespoke was built by Bill and Serge Krasnogorov of Red Hills Construction to fulfill their clients’ wish list. — oregonlive.com, "2019 Street of Dreams: Modern farmhouse has high-tech features," 16 Aug. 2019 Even if fans can’t make the games this weekend against the Los Angeles Angels, the BHCHP has an online wish list, and encourages fans in the area to coordinate their own drives at home. — Chris Triunfo, BostonGlobe.com, "Red Sox, fans team up to collect socks for the homeless," 9 Aug. 2019 Accompanying the posts are links to teacher-curated wish lists on Amazon, which include the supplies educators need to enhance their students’ academic experience. — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, "How Kristen Bell Is Helping Teachers Score Items on Their School Supply Wish Lists," 7 Aug. 2019 The first day, they were interviewed on camera about their story and gave their house wish list. — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The home buyers on tonight's episode of HGTV's 'House Hunters' are a Wisconsin military family," 7 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wish list.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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