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Meanings of short list in English

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

Usage of short list in English
1
He said there were three candidates on the short list, including himself.
Reuters
2
Certainly this would not be on Greta's short list of acceptable behavior.
Summers at Castle Auburn
3
Next morning she was on every short list of potential presidential candidates.
The Guardian
4
I guess it does have to be a short list, I said.
Blood Noir
5
It was chosen from 47 books, and a short list of four.
The Irish Times
6
I'll give you my short list: either Heath, Roger, Jake, or Diana.
G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
7
I don't know... can you at least give me a short list?
A knife edge
8
My design for the British Heritage Museum has made the short list.
Smoke and mirrors: short fictions and illusions
9
I made a short list of what I found in Herb's papers.
Happiness key
10
We agree it's a short list that omits some pretty big names.
Wired
11
One of those coaches on the short list is Syracuse's Jim Boeheim.
Reuters
12
Actually, you're on the short list for a particular position already.
Burning up
13
EARLIER this week, the Mercury Music Prize short list was announced in Britain.
The Irish Times
14
Fine with me; I had enough trouble with the short list.
Blood Noir
15
There was a pitifully short list of names of known Anti-Other Alliance members.
Nocturnal
16
He said he had drawn up a short list of three preferred candidates.
The Irish Times
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Short list through the time
Short list across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common