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
Verb
  • Sadly, neither taxpayers nor students who enroll in these programs are winners.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Those included letters from immigration authorities, Social Security cards and a Defense Department letter purporting to say the immigrants were enrolled in military health coverage.
    — Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of enroll
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  • Hello again, friends — and welcome to all the newcomers who matriculated on over to the Win Column from Kick It, the AJC’s World Cup newsletter.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
  • Fresh off the heels of graduation from high school, many rising freshmen are choosing to step off of the treadmill for a year before matriculating in college.
    — DJ Didonna, Time, 13 July 2026
Definition of matriculate
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  • Commercial properties that are actively being listed for sale would be temporarily exempt as well, among other revisions.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Korean restaurants Koco Bell and Koco Bell Express have closed at both Boise locations after being listed for sale.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of list
Verb
  • Her blood pressure registered 167 over 98, a sharp contrast to her ideal reading of 115 over 70 documented in her medical chart at her first prenatal visit.
    — Carina Heckert, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
  • Classes meet at Lee + White, and participants can register, via QR code, in the parking lot for free two-hour parking.
    — Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of register
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  • As of Thursday afternoon, she had not yet been booked into Riverside County, and no in-custody arraignment had been scheduled.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • The restaurants that need the visibility most are often the smaller, newer or lesser-known spots on the list, not the ones that are already hard to book on a normal Tuesday.
    — Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of book
Verb
  • Gray, who was 14 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty last week to 55 charges, canceling a trial that was scheduled to begin in October at a courthouse in Columbia County.
    — Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
  • His next court appearance is set for August 31, when he is scheduled for a preliminary hearing.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Definition of schedule

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