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shortlist
(short|list)
Pronunciation:
/ˈʃɔːtlɪst/
noun
a list of selected candidates from which a final choice is made:
a shortlist of four companies
verb
[
with object
]
put (someone or something) on a shortlist:
the novel was
shortlisted for
the Booker Prize
Derivatives
shortlistee
noun
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Shoshone
Shoshonean
Shostakovich, Dmitri
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