shortlist
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Many people have mistakenly assumed it is a prize for first albums - but this year's shortlist included only two: Dove Ellis's heartfelt and delicate Blizzard, and Jade's That's Showbiz, Baby.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Documentary branch voters, using a preferential voting system, annually produce a shortlist of 15 movies, announced in mid-December.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The book has become shrouded in suspicion and been withdrawn from the shortlist for France's top book prize, the Goncourt, after tests with AI detector Pangram indicated a 100 percent probability it contained computer-generated text.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Decades of trial and error have produced a shortlist of tests like colonoscopies and mammograms that actually work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Another judge, poet Raymond Antrobus, told reporters: "All of us individually had a different idea for a shortlist and then it was a tussle."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
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