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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After being selected from a short list of five people, I was finally not offered the position.
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At the other end of the scale a short list of names and addresses is not necessarily harmless.
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It gave her a short list of problems and asked her to solve them.
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Readers at Borders Books shops helped to choose the short list .
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The equity department was planning a boat trip to become further acquainted with the trainees on its short list .
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These were narrowed down to a short list of 13 from which Jim's was selected as best-overall.