short list
noun
a list of those people or items preferred or most likely to be chosen, as winnowed from a longer list of possibilities.
shortlister
-
a word derived from
short-list.
Example Sentences
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Determining whether she is the most “qualified” of the shortlister, though, is like picking out the smartest student in a class of valedictorians.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2022
Oddly enough, our last shortlister, 11th Circuit Judge William Pryor, joined a similar ruling that held anti-trans discrimination may qualify as sex discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2017
The son of immigrants from India, he clerked for conservative appeals court judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III—himself a former shortlister for a Supreme Court seat—and Sandra Day O’Connor.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2016
"Elena Kagan Is a Progressive on Executive Power: Look closely at what the Supreme Court shortlister has said about presidential authority," by Walter Dellinger.
From Slate ● May 12, 2010
So goes the life of a shortlister for a Supreme Court vacancy in this age of no-holds-barred 24/7 news/blogs/tattletales.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2010
