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Recent Examples of wait-list
The organization announced Scott’s donation last Thursday, adding that her contribution comes at a time when one in three local Meals on Wheels America providers have a wait-list, with elderly citizens having to wait an average of four months for meals and services.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
First year curse access (what classes can freshmen actually take)
Imagine making the cut and being admitted to your dream college, only to be wait-listed for the classes needed for your major.
—Austin American Statesman, 13 Feb. 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
There is a wait-list open at the Fyre Festival website for early access and exclusive updates.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Applied to five schools, accepted to four, wait-listed at one.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
First year curse access (what classes can freshmen actually take)
Imagine making the cut and being admitted to your dream college, only to be wait-listed for the classes needed for your major.
—Austin American Statesman, 13 Feb. 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
There is a wait-list open at the Fyre Festival website for early access and exclusive updates.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 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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The federal policy won’t apply to all Medicaid beneficiaries, just those who are enrolled under an expansion that most states chose to make to allow more low-income people to get healthcare coverage.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Teens enrolled in a Work Experience Education program can be allowed to work during school hours and up to 23 hours per week.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Lendeborg played his first three college seasons in junior college at Arizona Western, broke into Division I with two years at UAB, then finally matriculated to the Big Ten last season.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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At his college graduation, Charlie had been awarded the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholarship for graduate study at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, where John Harvard had matriculated in 1627.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Suggs is listed as the team’s point guard, but because of his tendency for turnovers and general lack of floor generalship, the coaches have deployed him more as a 3-and-D player.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Anthony Edwards, listed as questionable, is planning to give it a go, per multiple reports.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
4 May 2026
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Last December, Temu owner PDD Holdings—a multinational commerce group domiciled in the Cayman Islands and registered in Ireland that’s better known as Pinduoduo—had two of its global facilities raided by European Union regulators over worries over possible Chinese state subsidies.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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High schoolers were given the opportunity to pre-register to vote, while younger students filled out coloring sheets on civil rights history.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The entrepreneur has been booked and busy for more than three decades.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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But customers who booked flights using any other method, including a voucher, credit or Free Spirit points, may not get their money back.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
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The exercise launched in Tunisia on April 13 and was scheduled to conclude on April 30.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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The rare in-person meeting, already once delayed due to the US-Israeli war with Iran, is now scheduled for May 14-15, according to the White House.—
Sylvie Zhuang,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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“Wait-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wait-list. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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