Synonyms for shortlist
short·list

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1. short list, shortlistverb

   a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen

   Synonyms:
   short list

2. shortlistverb

   put someone or something on a short list

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1. List of paraphrases for "shortlist":

   short-list, pre-selection, list

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How to use shortlist in a sentence?

1. Natalie Imbruglia:

   I was talking to Laura about the shortlist I was looking at covering and she asked if I had thought of doing a Josh Pyke song. I love that guy so I dived into all Josh Pyke music and chose that song because for me it imbues that Australian vibe, josh Pyke’s such a storyteller, Josh Pyke creates these beautiful little worlds.

2. Michael Wood:

   Only on rare occasions does celebration come so closely aligned with regret, the regret of what we left out was tempered by the enormous excitement we have in presenting the six books on the shortlist.