Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A list of items or candidates that have been selected for consideration, as for an award, before being reduced to a shortlist.
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- noun A first
list , from which ashortlist is prepared - verb transitive To add to a longlist; to consider prior to a later and narrower
shortlist
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Orange Prize longlist is out, and the judges are complaining it was a miserable time going through the books.
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This year though, good news, the longlist is to be limited to 12 books.
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Usually I'm wading in already with those "Here we go ... load of old rubbish" posts, "Here's the one I've hated, place your bets, it's bound to win" and the Booker longlist is the only time I do that, turkeys don't make it on here as a rule.
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This year though, good news, the longlist is to be limited to 12 books.
Booker-thon 2007 2007
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Usually I'm wading in already with those "Here we go ... load of old rubbish" posts, "Here's the one I've hated, place your bets, it's bound to win" and the Booker longlist is the only time I do that, turkeys don't make it on here as a rule.
Bookerthon 2007 :The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid 2007
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This year though, good news, the longlist is to be limited to 12 books.
Booker-thon 2007 2007
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Usually I'm wading in already with those "Here we go ... load of old rubbish" posts, "Here's the one I've hated, place your bets, it's bound to win" and the Booker longlist is the only time I do that, turkeys don't make it on here as a rule.
Bookerthon 2007 :The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid 2007
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The clothes on their backs sold 13 copies in the week ending 26 July and 144 in the following week (the longlist was announced on29 July).
Reading Maxine 2009
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The clothes on their backs sold 13 copies in the week ending 26 July and 144 in the following week (the longlist was announced on29 July).
Sunday Salon: Book Depository and Man Booker Maxine 2008
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The clothes on their backs sold 13 copies in the week ending 26 July and 144 in the following week (the longlist was announced on29 July).
Sunday Salon: Book Depository and Man Booker Maxine 2008
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