in waiting

1. In attendance, especially on a royal personage. For example, The prelates who were in waiting asked him to take the last rites. This usage has become less common with the diminution of royalty and royal courts but still survives. [Late 1600s]

Example Sentences

Breeden also said there are risks involved in waiting too long to lower borrowing costs.

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Though the pair have kept their relationship largely out of the public eye, Grant recently praised Reeves’ “hard work and dedication to trying something new and brave” with his Broadway debut in “Waiting for Godot” this month.

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She believes that while people are happy to cast a protest vote, they currently question whether Reform are really a government in waiting - so challenging them on whether their policies hold together, or whether their numbers add up, is a way of undermining their support.

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On this solemn but beautiful New York day and after more than two years in waiting, Gustavo Dudamel took charge, at least in practice, of the New York Philharmonic.

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"If we're going to make a real dent in waiting lists and get more patients seen faster, we need to change how to deliver healthcare," said the body's chief executive Daniel Elkeles.

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