WAIT-LIST Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

wait-list

verb

Definition of wait-list

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

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The lawsuit also claims the Lynwood Unified School District, where two of Isaiah’s siblings were allegedly enrolled, failed to investigate the fact that Isaiah was not enrolled in school.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
The school enrolls about 330 students in pre-K through fifth grade, according to district data.

— Samuel O’Neal September 18, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of enroll

Verb

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

Verb

In 2008, a San Francisco court denied Stone's attempt to alter the custody arrangement which listed Bronstein's San Francisco home as Roan's primary residence, with Stone getting visitation rights.

— Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
The stock trading surfaced in May of this year, when a first-quarter filing listed roughly 3,600 transactions in 90 days.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of list

Verb

Thad Kousser, a political science professor at the University of California-San Diego, noted that because Regan wasn’t a household name, the allegations were unlikely to register with voters.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
California’s general election is almost here and what better day to make sure you’re registered to vote than Tuesday, National Voter Registration Day?

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of register

Verb

Burke said on Thursday that processing times would return to normal, but Heyes said that doesn’t help the backpackers who have held off booking flights and tours, and the employers who were waiting, ready to hire them, for the harvest season.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Every available booth was booked almost immediately after applications went out to IFPDA’s roughly 150 members in May, according to the association.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of book

Verb

Finneas, who was scheduled to join Sheeran for a run of South American dates later this year, also pulled out, while Irish folk group Beoga — longtime collaborators who had been performing as part of Sheeran’s live show — exited as well.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Gillette Stadium, which is owned by Jewish billionaire Robert Kraft, was one such venue where Macklemore was scheduled to perform.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of schedule

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