waiting list
noun
: a list or roster of those waiting (as for admission to an organization or institution)
Examples of waiting list in a Sentence
I'll put your name on the waiting list.
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The platform quickly went viral on TikTok, amassing 50 million views and now a 65,000 waiting list.
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Emily Burns, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025
Brevard also topped the waiting list with 2,751, followed by Orange (1,498), Volusia (1,226), Seminole (734), Lake (311) and Osceola (292).
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
Every game at Lambeau since 1960 has sold out and there’s a 30-year waiting list for season tickets—more than 150,000 names.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Organizations petitioned the government to list the monarch butterfly in 2015, but the agency placed the insects on a kind of waiting list for protection.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Emily Burns, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025
Brevard also topped the waiting list with 2,751, followed by Orange (1,498), Volusia (1,226), Seminole (734), Lake (311) and Osceola (292).
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
Every game at Lambeau since 1960 has sold out and there’s a 30-year waiting list for season tickets—more than 150,000 names.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Organizations petitioned the government to list the monarch butterfly in 2015, but the agency placed the insects on a kind of waiting list for protection.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Waiting list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiting%20list. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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