waiting list
noun
variants
or waitlist
or wait list
: 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 club now caps season tickets at more than 25,000 and has sold out of them four straight years, with a waiting list for an undisclosed number of fans.
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Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Self-driving Waymo vehicles are now traveling on South Florida highways for the first time, and the company has dropped its waiting list so anyone can hail a ride.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
By some estimates, a Hungarian applying for a visa to the US in 1939 could have been on a waiting list for as long as 54 years.
—Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
Others say alternative marketplaces have long waiting lists.
—Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
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Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Self-driving Waymo vehicles are now traveling on South Florida highways for the first time, and the company has dropped its waiting list so anyone can hail a ride.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
By some estimates, a Hungarian applying for a visa to the US in 1939 could have been on a waiting list for as long as 54 years.
—Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
Others say alternative marketplaces have long waiting lists.
—Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
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 24 Apr. 2026.
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