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- noun Plural form of
short-list . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
short-list .
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Examples
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So, I may pay some attention to winners and short-lists, the honest truth is that it has almost no influence on what I buy and choose to read.
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People are dismayed, for example, that despite the institutionalized bullying of Christians or men by politically correct anti-discrimination laws that force adoption agencies to place children with gay couples or that require local constituencies to select women as parliamentary candidates, the Tories nevertheless support gay adoption and all-women political short-lists.
Conservatives in Crisis Melanie Phillips 2010
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All-women short-lists are deeply offensive to women, ensuring their selection to fight a seat on the basis of their gender rather than their talents.
Why vote for the monkey when you can elect the organ-grinder? 2009
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All-women short-lists are deeply offensive to women, ensuring their selection to fight a seat on the basis of their gender rather than their talents.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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You won't find our picks on the short-lists currently circulating at the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, or our friends 'blogs.
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It short-lists the places with the highest absolute number of searches for, say, “cat food.”
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Embarrassment around the world. 2006
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How do you, the proud promoter of all-women short-lists, respond to that?
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It was also pointed out the NEC no longer had any ethnic minority representatives and most if not all MPs that have come from all-women short-lists for the last ten years, since the 1997 election have been white.
Labour MP Dies 2007
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The film was the surprise top nominee when the Globes short-lists were announced month, having only just opened in the United States and taken a tiny fraction of the box office earnings of "The Social Network."
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The film was the surprise top nominee when the Globes short-lists were announced month, having only just opened in the United States and taken a tiny fraction of the box office earnings of "The Social Network."
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