waitlist
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of waitlist
Example Sentences
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Enrollment remains under capacity at 85% for a center that once had a one-to-two-year waitlist.
From Los Angeles Times
The resource and referral agency has a waitlist of 25,000 children in their region alone.
From Los Angeles Times
Her oldest daughter is in transitional kindergarten and out of day care, meaning that Quintanilla had to start from scratch on the waitlist.
From Los Angeles Times
“There’s a long waitlist ahead of me,” said Quintanilla, who works as an early childhood and education specialist in Cheviot Hills and knows the issue firsthand.
From Los Angeles Times
Her time on the waitlist was easier then because she was working from home.
From Los Angeles Times
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