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B list

British  

noun

  1. Compare A list

    1. a category considered to be slightly below the most socially desirable

    2. ( as modifier )

      B-list celebrities

"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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The B list are close friends, but not as close as the A list.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2024

They needed a school with a bit more broad appeal, an A-lister that gave them options to dip down closer to the B list if it made sense.

From Fox News • Jul. 27, 2021

In “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” he inhabits the soul of a loser, an actor perilously close to middle age, struggling to keep his name within sight of the B list.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2019

His recent celebrity cases, aspiring to the B list, play out before the cameras, Mr. Heller’s teeth bared against a tanned face.

From New York Times • May 22, 2010

"Ah—here we are," exclaimed Billy, as he ran his finger triumphantly down the "B" list.

From The Boy Aviators in Africa by Goldfrap, John Henry