Thesaurus results for LITANIES

litanies

noun

plural of litany

as in lists

a long stated list of things one after another Nobody wants to deal with a coworker who repeats the same litany of complaints day after day.

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Recent Examples of litanies Keeping the camera still in a courthouse’s small, windowless chambers, Depardon depicts these face-to-face showdowns as litanies of misery, as the officials make suspects confront the grim circumstances leading to their arrests. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026 Hval’s restless melodies and at-times Proustian lyrics trail cigarette smoke or the fragrance of roses toward litanies of memory, all the while deconstructing the very natures of stage performance, recording technology, and digital existence. — Jenn Pelly, Time, 4 Dec. 2025 Given the linguistic polyphony, even Spanish speakers will need to consult translations to understand her litanies. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025 Like both Chicana Falsa and the matchstick litanies, Cardona’s poems focus both on his adolescence and his family. — Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025 Each night, strange visitors whisper litanies in an unknown tongue. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025

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The rules require states to submit lists of eligible voters to the Postal Service and to use new ballot envelopes with digital bar codes that would allow the Postal Service to identify and reject ballots that don’t match those lists.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
For the past several months, these common grocery foods have all landed on food recall lists.

— Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of lists

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Yes, features a full-service spa All listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
That move was designed to curb the practice of hiding listings, since sellers likely wouldn’t want to lose the option of listing on Zillow if brokers can’t find a buyer.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

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Yayoi Kusama, whose obsessive repetitions of dots and nets became a means of expressing infinity, leaving an indelible mark on contemporary art worldwide, died on August 14 of multiple organ failure at a hospital in Tokyo.

— Tessa Solomon for ARTnews, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
Perform five to eight repetitions, then reverse the direction.

— Sophia Dyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

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