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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"We have almost nothing left, it's impossible to even find an egg," Sheyla Caya, 43, told AFP as she queued to buy a chicken.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Swatch have closed their stores in cities across the UK after hundreds of people queued outside branches eager to buy a new limited watch.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Members of the press and curious civilians, some Musk fans among them, queued up at sunrise to get one of the coveted Oakland courtroom seats.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
"One of the guys had queued from three o'clock in the morning," noted Scott, even though the store does not open until 10 am on Saturday.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Just as one storm passed, another queued at its heels.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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