queued
Americanadjective
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waiting in a line.
The motorcycle zipped by, overtaking the queued cars and cutting in front of all of them.
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Computers. assigned to or arranged in a list of items waiting for action.
The service has since been restored and all queued emails have been delivered.
The queued operations may be rearranged and optimized before execution.
verb
Etymology
Origin of queued
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday morning, dozens queued up, sometimes wrapping around the shop’s interior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Which makes the moment when we still have to ask ourselves what sounds good feel increasingly precious: a little unoptimized space before something has been recommended, queued or dropped into a cart for us.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Russian capital braced Wednesday for a possible fresh wave of fuel shortages as drivers queued nervously to fill up tanks after recent Ukrainian strikes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
More than 600 people queued up outside a former burger bar on Bridge Street, Peterborough, to pick up free second-hand school clothes.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Joe queued up the song, and we all watched Ellie as she closed her eyes and listened.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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