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long list

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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Example Sentences

That suggestion turns absurd when you consider the long list of corrupt Democrat politicians Lynch has sent to prison.

This fee, however, was not “global” enough to include hospital charges or anything else on a long list of exclusions.

In its strict terms of service, Massroots offers a long list of rules for posting.

Milk as a cause of or worsener of autism will have to join the long list of other putative causes.

They charged him with reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, a long list of charges.

The great Mr. Abrahams had an unlimited commission to secure at any price, a long list of great works.

The Gentleman's Magazine contains a long list of the bridges and churches which attest his reputation and skill.

See what a long list the wayside commons make from London to Portsmouth.

William's reign was marked by a long list of new penal laws directed against them.

I regret to say that their gallant attempt only added to the long list of those gone to their account.

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