to-do list
Americannoun
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to-do lists
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of to-do list
First recorded in 1920–25
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With eight games left in the regular season, the Dodgers have already ticked off the most important boxes on their postseason to-do list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
These days, with a smartphone in my pocket and an endless to-do list, I rarely pause to look at anything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Too much conservation work currently relies on philanthropists' cash and devoted volunteers, those in the sector say, and much more languishes on the to-do list due to a lack of money.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
It still worked through a to-do list that included everything from menu changes to reining in corporate expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
No to-do list, no suffocating hospital, no obsessive regimen, no one else to worry about.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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