: a list or group of individuals who are prominent but not important or popular enough to be on the A-list

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Maybe this redundant speech by a B-list supervillain will motivate the new Cap to do exactly that. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025 Being on Washington’s B-list is the last place Tokyo wants to be as Trump launches a trade war like Asia has never seen before. William Pesek, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025

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First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of B-list was in 1935

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“B-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/B-list. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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