short list
noun
: a limited list of important items or individuals
especially
: a list of candidates for final consideration (as for a position or a prize)
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Here's a short list: The Juan de Fuca plate is still subjecting (sliding underneath) North America just off the Pacific Coast.
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Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2024
Dancing pumps and darkness retreats and the dumbest and darkest conspiracy theories, and that’s just the short list of weirdness.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
The case took a more macabre twist when Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced that Berman had been on her short list of witnesses to interview in yet another eerie case, a coast away from Susan’s struggles.
—Lisa Depaulo, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
With that, Nice joined the Bobcats’ short list, becoming the fourth wrestler in school history to place at least three times at states.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
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Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2024
Dancing pumps and darkness retreats and the dumbest and darkest conspiracy theories, and that’s just the short list of weirdness.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
The case took a more macabre twist when Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced that Berman had been on her short list of witnesses to interview in yet another eerie case, a coast away from Susan’s struggles.
—Lisa Depaulo, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
With that, Nice joined the Bobcats’ short list, becoming the fourth wrestler in school history to place at least three times at states.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Short list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short%20list. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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