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shortlist

A shortlist is a list of people or things for a final choice. (noun)

An example of a shortlist is the final list of people eligible to run for student body president.

Shortlist means to place someone or something on the final list from which a selection will be made. (verb)

An example of shortlist is to put a film on the final list for a movie award.

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See shortlist in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See shortlist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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