How to Use waiting list in a Sentence

waiting list

noun
  • I'll put your name on the waiting list.
  • For 60% and 50% units, the waiting list is four to five years.
    Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 23 Oct. 2022
  • At one point in 1990, the Lexus waiting list in the United States was a year-long.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The demand was so great that the waiting list is now about three to six months out.
    Arkansas Online, 23 May 2022
  • There has been a waiting list for it since its launch in Paris, in the midst of the pandemic.
    Nick Scott, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Collera was put on the transplant waiting list Aug. 15.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • For fans still hoping to get in, a waiting list has been set up at gulfcoastjam.com.
    al, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Their number on the waiting list to show up at the U.S. port of entry — 2,227 — had come up.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • In total, there are about 1,000 members of the Gotham Club, and a waiting list a mile long.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The first step in getting on the waiting list is for a physician to prescribe it.
    al, 2 Feb. 2022
  • There is a long waiting list to play in the PNC Championship.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Those who didn’t score tickets were placed on a waiting list.
    Leanne Italie, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • To be placed on the waiting list, email info@alta.com and put Albion Chairlift in the subject line.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022
  • After the rooms are fully booked, the lodge maintains a waiting list.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The group is currently full and has moved to a waiting list pending a new DM.
    Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Many of the women who enrolled for the waiting list are wives and mothers of men in the service.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2022
  • By the next morning, Mr. Lee said, the waiting list for Sushi Bar’s 10 seats was thousands of names long.
    Brett Anderson, New York Times, 21 May 2024
  • In 37 states, people are on waiting lists for months or years.
    Jordan Rau, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • This is the last week to get on the waiting list for this popular 2022 model.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The first weekend is already sold out, with more than 100 people on the waiting list.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • For the next few weeks, Carman watched as her mother languished on the waiting list.
    Stephanie Mansfield, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022
  • At the time, the real waiting list was over seven million.
    Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Elliott said there are 36 students enrolled in the school, with 85 on the waiting list for next year.
    Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Many are asking to be placed on a waiting list in case something changes.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
  • But there’s a catch: For starters, McMullin tells me that there’s a huge waiting list just to get access to the platform.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 30 July 2023
  • If not, and no other live donors can be found, Jax will be put on the transplant waiting list.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2022
  • There is also a waiting list of more than 150 people waiting to join the club.
    Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
  • Others who were added to a waiting list are to be given access over the next 10 days.
    Bernard Condon, Chron, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The Andersons were on a waiting list for more than a decade before being admitted into Club 33.
    Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Fifty thousand people are on a waiting list to have their ride-hailing apps activated.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024

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