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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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Their bye week consisted of wild-card watch parties, batting practice, live pitching — from a long list of arms on Wednesday, especially — and an open workout Thursday that culminated in a scrimmage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Citadel has a history of scooping up talent from Carnegie Mellon, boasting a long list of quantitative engineers and other employees who attended the university.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

While the tournament ultimately ended with a spectacular 6-4 win over France in the bronze-medal match, the Three Lions left the United States with a long list of what ifs.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

No one is rushing to do that, for a long list of excellent reasons.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

So when I left I'm sure I was just another item on a long list of awful things that had happened in our neighborhood in the past year.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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