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short list
1noun
a list of those people or items preferred or most likely to be chosen, as winnowed from a longer list of possibilities.
short-list
2[shawrt-list]
verb (used with object)
to put on a short list.
short list
noun
a list of suitable applicants for a job, post, etc, from which the successful candidate will be selected
verb
to put (someone) on a short list
Word History and Origins
Origin of short list1
Example Sentences
“It also had to be somebody that has the chops of a serious technical actor. That is a very short list.”
Scott Jacoby of “That Certain Summer” and Anthony Murphy of “Tom Brown’s School Days,” who both won in 1973 at 16 and 17, respectively, round out the short list.
Others on the short list include the Dodgers’ Shawn Green in 2002, who in a 16-3 win over the Brewers also doubled and singled to set a record with 19 total bases.
There is temptation to place every debut, along with every conductor invited back to the Bowl, as a potential candidate for the long list, short list or whatever list to be the L.A.
There is a short list of "very important things" that only the United States currently provides, according to historian Timothy Garton Ash.
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