short list
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In 2016, the world retired its Millennium Development Goals—a short list of mostly efficient, targeted aims: cut poverty, disease, and maternal and child deaths, and get every child into school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Aside from an unlucky draw, there is a short list of reasons a prisoner ends up here.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
On the men's side, former West Ham star Dimitri Payet and Newcastle winger Laurent Robert are two that fans may remember - but those that make it all the way form a short list.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
To cook the same thing repeatedly — to rely on a short list of meals that work — can begin to feel like a failure of imagination, or worse, a failure of love.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
Here is a short list of the most common transposing instruments.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
