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Short list   /ʃɔrt lɪst/   Listen
Short list

noun
1.
A list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen.  Synonym: shortlist.






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"Short list" Quotes from Famous Books



... attached by some of these insects which I have mentioned; there are also many more which cannot even be mentioned in the time allotted to this paper. Information may be obtained regarding them, by any one interested, and for this purpose I have appended a short list of publications. ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Sixth Annual Meeting. Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 • Various

... an element which is peculiarly Russian; a fondness for force as such, and for stormy passion. Moreover, both composers have in their nature intense contradictions, which render it extremely difficult to compile a short list of pieces in any ...
— The Masters and their Music - A series of illustrative programs with biographical, - esthetical, and critical annotations • W. S. B. Mathews

... smile worked its way; and half in idleness, half in acquiescence, Mr. Gartney took the pencil and noted down a short list of items. ...
— Faith Gartney's Girlhood • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney



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