shortlist

plural shortlists · alternative short-list

1. alternativeAlternative form of short list.

   The government's New Towns Taskforce has also published a report listing Crews Hill, on the Hertford Loop used by Moorgate services, on a shortlist of 12 potential new towns.

   2025 October 15, David Stubbings, “News: TfL submits business case to DfT for transfer of Northern City Line services”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 11

present singular third person shortlists · participle present shortlisting · participle past shortlisted · past shortlisted · alternative short-list

1. To place something on a short list.

   First and Trenitalia were initially shortlisted for the East Midlands franchise but withdrew from bidding to focus on the West Coast Partnership, while Trenitalia was shortlisted as a sole entity for the South Eastern franchise but again withdrew from the competition.

   2019 October, “First Trenitalia wins West Coast Partnership”, in Modern Railways, page 11