: 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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Just about every star of some A- or B-list caliber will go platinum — for a role, for the culture, for the thrill of it.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 July 2025
The A-list includes immediate and necessary improvements, while the B-list contains improvements that can be done down the road but that aren’t necessary.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025
There’s a self-awareness to making such B-list talent the face of a tacky news broadcast in a dystopic vision of the future that feels endearing.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
There’s no sense of adventure, just an annoying kid staring at various captive creatures while bored B-list actors recite bad jokes on the soundtrack.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
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
There’s no sense of adventure, just an annoying kid staring at various captive creatures while bored B-list actors recite bad jokes on the soundtrack.
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—Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
But Trump has embraced a curious menagerie of B-list rappers and questionable influencers thought to hold sway among young Black men.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 July 2025
The A-list includes immediate and necessary improvements, while the B-list contains improvements that can be done down the road but that aren’t necessary.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025
There’s a self-awareness to making such B-list talent the face of a tacky news broadcast in a dystopic vision of the future that feels endearing.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
There’s no sense of adventure, just an annoying kid staring at various captive creatures while bored B-list actors recite bad jokes on the soundtrack.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
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
There’s no sense of adventure, just an annoying kid staring at various captive creatures while bored B-list actors recite bad jokes on the soundtrack.
23.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
But Trump has embraced a curious menagerie of B-list rappers and questionable influencers thought to hold sway among young Black men.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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“B-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/B-list. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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