short list

Example Sentences

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There’s a special kind of comfort in having a short list of meals you know, with almost mathematical certainty, will land.

From Salon

Her recipe only calls for a short list of ingredients that also happen to be pantry staples.

From Salon

Scientists have now added another to that short list by observing neutrinos convert carbon atoms into nitrogen inside a massive underground detector.

From Science Daily

“It also had to be somebody that has the chops of a serious technical actor. That is a very short list.”

From Los Angeles Times

Scott Jacoby of “That Certain Summer” and Anthony Murphy of “Tom Brown’s School Days,” who both won in 1973 at 16 and 17, respectively, round out the short list.

From Los Angeles Times