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Recent Examples of wait-list
The company’s engineers deploy weekly updates, informed directly by the thousands of wait-list users who live in the inbox chaos daily.
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Jason Phillips, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
There is a wait-list open at the Fyre Festival website for early access and exclusive updates.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Your kids will get wait-listed at Spence because they weren’t enriched enough!
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 July 2025
But no matter how much the scene may resemble a legacy country club at first glance, this meetup exists almost in opposition to the city’s handful of expensive clubs with years-long wait-lists and lengthy membership requirements.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Over 50 percent of its schools are completely full, with wait-lists.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Milk Makeup’s Cooling Water Jelly Tints were quick to rack up 60,000 shoppers on its wait-list, 160,000 hearts on Sephora’s Loves list and sold 400,000 units during that period — nearly $10 million at the product’s $24 price point.
—James Manso, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
The Times previously reported that the Trump inaugural fund had surpassed $170 million, a record, and that even major donors have been wait-listed for events.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Applied to five schools, accepted to four, wait-listed at one.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
Jason Phillips, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
There is a wait-list open at the Fyre Festival website for early access and exclusive updates.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Your kids will get wait-listed at Spence because they weren’t enriched enough!
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 July 2025
But no matter how much the scene may resemble a legacy country club at first glance, this meetup exists almost in opposition to the city’s handful of expensive clubs with years-long wait-lists and lengthy membership requirements.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Over 50 percent of its schools are completely full, with wait-lists.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Milk Makeup’s Cooling Water Jelly Tints were quick to rack up 60,000 shoppers on its wait-list, 160,000 hearts on Sephora’s Loves list and sold 400,000 units during that period — nearly $10 million at the product’s $24 price point.
—James Manso, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
The Times previously reported that the Trump inaugural fund had surpassed $170 million, a record, and that even major donors have been wait-listed for events.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Applied to five schools, accepted to four, wait-listed at one.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wait-list
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Of the total students enrolled in the accounts program, about 28,166 are attending private school, the report indicates.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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An adult man allegedly used falsified documents to enroll in a Minnesota high school and reportedly played on the football team.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Five years later, as their families were facing challenges in establishing residency and matriculating their children into the public school system, a volunteer organization in south Florida waged an advocacy campaign on their behalf.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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The final year involves matriculating into and completing UCI’s MPAc Program.—
Larry D. Urish,
Oc Register,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Expert Market surveyed 628 American professionals working in the food and beverage space in August, over 85 percent of whom say labor issues are affecting their operations, with 38 percent listing staffing as their most critical challenge.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The warrant application listed grant funding applications, submissions to the National Science Foundation, and communications related to his research as potential records.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
7 Oct. 2025
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Parents will have to re-register with the United Community Center.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Since the start of April — and having registered another assist for Malen’s second goal in the 2-1 victory over Burnley — Rogers has recorded the most assists in the Premier League (eight).—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The attorneys agreed that the case should be scheduled for trial.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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With no committee hearings scheduled and no bills up for floor consideration, the House is effectively out of session.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lammens was perhaps fortunate to escape sanction then (Stuart Atwell booked the forward for diving), but this was a valuable occasion ahead of tougher tests, beginning at Anfield.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Starks’ dream is to someday visit the Warren Occult Museum in Connecticut, which is closed to the public, but open to guests who book overnight stays at the home of late, famed ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Wait-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wait-list. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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