wait-list

verb

Definition of wait-listnext
as in to enroll

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Recent Examples of wait-list One way that is gaining popularity consists of using a wait-list control. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 3 May 2026 Deposits and advance wait-list registration is the largest of any new event in NASCAR history. — 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 Although both weekend passes are no longer available, fans can still sign up for two wait-lists. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wait-list
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wait-list
  1. enroll
  2. matriculate
  3. list
  4. register
  5. book
  6. schedule
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  • But in late July, the Wittes told families Nova Roots was closing, leaving them scrambling to enroll their children elsewhere.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Heather Greenwood, a student who is dual enrolled at Tarrant County College and Texas A&M University, is among the first students to enroll their children at the TCC Northwest center.
    — Lina Ruiz September 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of enroll
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  • As a result, Cypher said, about 600,000 first-time full-time freshmen did not matriculate that year.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Shortly before Salinger matriculated, a cadet fell to his death from an academy window under suspicious circumstances.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of matriculate
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  • Order could reshape federal wolf protections Gray wolves were first listed as endangered in 1967 after populations declined because of hunting and other human activities.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Freedom, the Second Amendment, the greatest military in the history of the world, gorgeous nature from coast to coast, cheap domestic light beer and other examples that would take me a month to list.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of list
Verb
  • On July 28, a vehicle registered to Boyce was found behind a church by North Carolina's Northampton County Sheriff's Office, according to court documents.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The cryptographic primitives compiled into them still register in any inventory scan.
    — Atsushi Yamada, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of register
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  • Bevin was booked at Louisville Metro Corrections later in the evening after the arrest, according to jail records.
    — Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The woman, Antonieta Sanchez, 53, of Redlands, was booked into the Southwest Detention Center on suspicion of felony vandalism and brandishing a weapon, Vickers wrote in an email.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of book
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  • Tampa Bay is currently scheduled to have three primetime games.
    — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • One of Sullivan’s opponents, Democrat Mary Peltola, was scheduled to walk in the Fairbanks Labor Day Parade on Monday.
    — Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of schedule

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“Wait-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wait-list. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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