high on the list
idiom
: considered to be a very good choice from among others
He is high on the list of possible candidates for the job.
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While Colombia is not high on the list of the region’s traders with the U.S., exporting only about $16 billion in goods, coffee is among its top commodities.
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
Ball security is high on the list of why the Chiefs went 15-2 during the regular season, won a playoff game for the seventh straight year and are meeting the Buffalo Bills in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
And maybe that explains his transition in 2016 from vacuums and fans to blow-dryers… Seek Treatment Scarlett Johansson’s lips are high on the list of requests at the cosmetic surgeon’s office.
—Jessica Iredale, airmail.news, 1 Nov. 2024
Creating more affordable housing was also high on the list of priorities.
—Benjamin Oreskes, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
Ball security is high on the list of why the Chiefs went 15-2 during the regular season, won a playoff game for the seventh straight year and are meeting the Buffalo Bills in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
And maybe that explains his transition in 2016 from vacuums and fans to blow-dryers… Seek Treatment Scarlett Johansson’s lips are high on the list of requests at the cosmetic surgeon’s office.
—Jessica Iredale, airmail.news, 1 Nov. 2024
Creating more affordable housing was also high on the list of priorities.
—Benjamin Oreskes, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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“High on the list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20on%20the%20list. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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