wish list
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of wish list
First recorded in 1970–75
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Ms. Lewis George says the measure could raise $500 million in new revenue to fund her spending wish list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
In this context, OpenAI’s own blueprint is not much more than a wish list dressed up as a policy proposal — a company telling regulators how it would like to be regulated.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
But his wish list of non-woke repertory, which also included Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera, draws on an attachment that predates his entry into national politics: Broadway musicals.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
“I did my research and made a wish list of people that had taken photos of Miles; ones that I knew from album covers, and ones that I’d seen over the years,” Milgrom recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
So far in the ancient lands, she’d only seen one place on her wish list: Diocletian’s Palace in Split, and even that visit had hardly gone the way she’d imagined.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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