How to Use short list in a Sentence

short list

noun
  • Joins the short list of back-to-back champs.
    — Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Meghan was on that short list early.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Navarrette would add her name to that short list.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 15 June 2026
  • Who’s on your short list for running mates?
    — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • Quinn-Toye was one of four to make the short list for the male lead.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
  • His name was not on most short lists of candidates for the post.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Here is a short list of great summer movies available to stream.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
  • Not a promise to be on the short list, but her on the ticket now.
    — New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • What’s usually not on this short list?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Here, a short list of the tasty treats our editors keep at their desks.
    — Bon Appétit, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Those who listed Adele as their fave-rave were saved for the short list.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Varitek is on a short list of players who have been chosen twice in the first round.
    — Stephen Ruiz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 June 2018
  • Well, that’s a very short list of guys that are on the street that can do that capably.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Internal free agents This is a short list.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
  • There’s a short list of outlets that earned an A-plus rating.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 30 May 2018
  • There’s a very short list of teams that could win the national title.
    — Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Lupoi was among the top candidates from the start and remains high on the short list.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Many of the works the company stages are good, but this one is on my short list of must-see works.
    — John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Here’s a tour of a few that ought to be on every nostalgia lover’s short list.
    — Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
  • The result is a short list of the chief components in the drug sample.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • On my short list is this half-off midi dress by Steve Madden.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Hardy’s on the short list for the Heisman Trophy.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The other candidates on the short list for the post were Democrats.
    — cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Which, admittedly, is a very short list.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
  • Booking Holdings was on Cramer’s short list tonight.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Here, a short list of the go-to self-care favorites the beauty founder returns to time and time again.
    — Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Dartmouth, Chelmsford, and Duxbury are all on the short list for now.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022
  • This is on our short list of candidates for Pac-12 game of the year.
    — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Make a short list of the pages where your information appears.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Cynthia Erivo is also on her short list.
    — La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026

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