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Recent Examples of wait-list
Deposits and advance wait-list registration is the largest of any new event in NASCAR history.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
The company’s engineers deploy weekly updates, informed directly by the thousands of wait-list users who live in the inbox chaos daily.
—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
Applied to five schools, accepted to four, wait-listed at one.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
The company’s engineers deploy weekly updates, informed directly by the thousands of wait-list users who live in the inbox chaos daily.
—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
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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About 83% of the 70,184 students enrolled in Fort Worth ISD last year were classified as economically disadvantaged.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Nov. 2025
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As of August 2025, around 865,000 candidates have enrolled or trained in various emerging technology courses, including 320,000 in AI and Big Data Analytics.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Division is chaired by producer Susan Arnold (13 Going On 30, America’s Sweethearts) and matriculates around 215 students annually.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 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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Of the six injured, three were listed in critical condition, according to the Salt Lake Police Department.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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She was taken to a hospital and was listed in stable condition.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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It too was registered close to Petrolia, two days ago.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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When requests for major needs like food increase three- to fourfold overnight, every local 211 is likely to register this abrupt change.—
Matthew W. Kreuter,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Gatica was tracked down, arrested on charges of DUI and related offenses, and booked into the Orange County Jail.—
Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The veteran actress appeared in Todd Haynes’ Emmy-winning miniseries adaptation of Mildred Pierce (2011) and booked a key role in the final season of The Americans (2018).—
Maggie Fremont,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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The company announced a starting price of $25,000 and stated that first shipments are scheduled for mid-2026.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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His sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 22.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Wait-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wait-list. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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