white list

British  

noun

1. a list of countries considered to pose an insignificant threat to human rights, from which applications for political asylum are presumed to be unfounded

2. computing

   1. a list of websites considered to have inoffensive and acceptable content

   2. a list of e-mail addresses from which a computer will accept mail

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Example Sentences

It has established a white list of government-approved sites that remain accessible during shut-offs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

The blog and Russian TV channel RBC cited anonymous sources that the shutdowns were due to the government's tests of the white list.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Both nations removed each other from their so-called white list of preferential trade partners.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Those who work to ensure basic medical services and normal social operations are included in the "white list" management.

From Reuters • Dec. 7, 2022

For at least a league ahead they can distinguish the white list, where the saline efflorescence has been turned up, and scattered about by the hoofs of the Indian horses.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.