waiting list
Americannoun
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waiting lists
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of waiting list
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Some 175 students are on the waiting list this fall for remedial math at the University of California San Diego, the College Investor reported last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The PC also lost a large percentage of the skin from his back after landing on the road and is on a waiting list for ankle ligament reconstruction.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
For Ahmed, the development uses land that could help house some of the roughly 31,000 residents on the waiting list for social housing in the Tower Hamlets district.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Housing association NG Homes, which owns the block, said these were false rumours and the flats would provide "much-needed" homes for people on its waiting list.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
For years the Sankaty Head Golf Club had a waiting list that seemed to extend for decades.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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