wait-list

verb

wait-listed; wait-listing; wait-lists

transitive verb

: to put on a waiting list

Examples of wait-list in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The California wait list time is up to 10 years; hence California has an even higher fraction of wait-list deaths. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024 Applied to 11 schools, accepted to six, wait-listed at two. Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024 Despite a social worker’s efforts, Sofia was wait-listed for a family treatment program with a Spanish-speaking provider who offered sliding-scale payment. Ashley Andreou, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024 More than a quarter of them have since received at least one wait-list offer, Styer said. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024 She was wait-listed, but was admitted to the nonfiction program. Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023 The study also involved a control group of 19 people who were wait-listed for MCT, and receive no treatment for the first 10 weeks. Amanda MacMillan, Health, 9 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wait-list was in 1960

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Cite this Entry

“Wait-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait-list. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

wait-list

verb
ˈwāt-ˌlist
: to put on a waiting list

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