Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A list of preferable items or candidates that have been selected for final consideration, as in making an award or filling a position.
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- verb To place something on a
short list
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
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Examples
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Another on the shortlist is a midnight blue 1950s dress, which was found in the Worthing branch of Oxfam and costs a bargain £19.99 ….
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Another on the shortlist is a midnight blue 1950s dress, which was found in the Worthing branch of Oxfam and costs a bargain £19.99 ….
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Another on the shortlist is a midnight blue 1950s dress, which was found in the Worthing branch of Oxfam and costs a bargain £19.99 ….
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Through a rigorous voting process, this shortlist is then honed down to the find the BookBrowse Awards Winners.
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So my tally likely to be eleven out of the nineteen before the shortlist is announced.
Booker-thon magic 2006
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So my tally likely to be eleven out of the nineteen before the shortlist is announced.
Booker-thon magic 2006
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So my tally likely to be eleven out of the nineteen before the shortlist is announced.
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Right now, there has been some criticism that the Hugo Award 'shortlist' is dominated and influenced by "graying old fans" who pine for the days when magazines were pulpy and there were only three channels on the TV.
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But for a generation of law students that has grown up revering American Constitution Society stalwarts such as Dawn Johnsen, Eric Holder, Pamela Karlan, John Payton, Laurence Tribe, Goodwin Liu, David Cole, and my own partner in crime Walter Dellinger, among others, the absence of most of these names from even the long shortlist is demoralizing.
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You can also "friend" animals -- so far, the shortlist is limited to tigers, pandas and polar bears -- and you'll get updates on WWF's conservation work related to the creature.
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