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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And an additional 24,000 households on the Section 8 waiting list can’t move forward in the process either.
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Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Yang said when she was hired last year following Gray’s retirement there were around 30 singers and now the choir has grown to 50, with more on a waiting list.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Currently, 27% of all patients on the national waiting list for an organ transplant are Black.
—Andrew Jones, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Paris is home to the iconic Hermès Birkin bag, often available through waiting lists or special orders.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Yang said when she was hired last year following Gray’s retirement there were around 30 singers and now the choir has grown to 50, with more on a waiting list.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Currently, 27% of all patients on the national waiting list for an organ transplant are Black.
—Andrew Jones, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Paris is home to the iconic Hermès Birkin bag, often available through waiting lists or special orders.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for waiting list
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“Waiting list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiting%20list. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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