white list
Britishnoun
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a list of countries considered to pose an insignificant threat to human rights, from which applications for political asylum are presumed to be unfounded
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computing
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a list of websites considered to have inoffensive and acceptable content
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a list of e-mail addresses from which a computer will accept mail
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Example Sentences
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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
"I will preemptively order our trade minister today to begin necessary legal procedures to have Japan back on our white list," Yoon said at the start of the meeting televised live.
From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2023
And it is impossible to maintain public allegiance to a white list in face of the temptation of bargain sales.
From Problems of Conduct by Drake, Durant
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