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long list

noun

  1. a list of suitable applicants for a job, post, etc, from which a short list will be selected

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. (tr) to put (someone) on a long list

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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A long list of potential targets had the expected inclusion of suspected gang members and fraudsters, along with the rather broad categories of people “who acquired naturalization through government corruption, fraud, or material misrepresentationsâ€; those who “pose a potential danger to national security, including those with a nexus to terrorism, espionageâ€; and “other cases referred to the Civil Division that the Division determines to be sufficiently important to pursue.â€

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There is temptation to place every debut, along with every conductor invited back to the Bowl, as a potential candidate for the long list, short list or whatever list to be the L.A.

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And yet, I point out, there is another long list - of things he's recently admitted to getting wrong.

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Starmer is determined that the problems of recent weeks - and boy there's been a long list of those - will not overshadow the achievements he believes deserve just as much attention.

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The process included potential jurors looking through a long list of places and people that could be mentioned during trial, with names like Kanye West and Kid Cudi.

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