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long list

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noun

  1. a list of suitable applicants for a job, post, etc, from which a short list will be selected

"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

verb

  1. (tr) to put (someone) on a long list

"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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Mr. Batiste joins a long list of pianists who have responded to Monk’s music.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

For six-and-a-half years, Lisa Hayden-Johnson claimed Matthew had a long list of illnesses including diabetes, food allergies, cerebral palsy and cystic fibrosis, but years later it emerged she had made it all up.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Meanwhile, the introduction of the Worthiest of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in “Captain America: The First Avenger” ranks #52 on a very long list.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

"It's a bit ridiculous," party campaigner Jane Embelton told AFP of the long list of fringe candidates running.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Once again they shocked and delighted him: Goldman Sachs e-mailed him a great long list of crappy mortgage bonds to choose from.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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