B list
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The B list are close friends, but not as close as the A list.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2024
“Orpheus Descending,” which had a short Broadway run in 1957, is not among Williams’s most famous pieces; critics tend to place it on the B list.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
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
"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
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