SHORT LIST Definition & Meaning

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short list

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noun

a list of those people or items preferred or most likely to be chosen, as winnowed from a longer list of possibilities.

short-list

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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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of short list¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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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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Here’s your short list of can’t-miss exhibitions, talks, parties and other places to go.

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Here’s your short list of can’t-miss exhibitions, talks, parties and other places to go.

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“Union,” a documentary about the first organizing effort at an Amazon warehouse, has also failed to get a distribution deal, despite making it on the Oscars short list, according to the Ankler.

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I was struck first by the name Frannie’s written large at the bottom of the short list of ingredients.

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