WAIT-LISTING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

wait-listing

verb

present participle of wait-list

as in enrolling

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So although the Department of Homeland Security cites rampant abuse in the student visa process as the driving force behind the rule change, there aren't clear numbers on students purposefully perpetually enrolling to remain in the country.

— Janet W. Lee, NPR, 20 July 2026
The former Black-ish and Grown-ish star — who played a college student on the latter series — initially deferred her acceptance to the Ivy League school for a year to work on a few projects, ultimately enrolling in 2017.

— Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

Definition of enrolling

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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
Stram talking about 65 Toss Power Trap and matriculating the ball down field was gold.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of matriculating

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The team interpreted this as a proof the compound is registering as a distinct signal, not just background smell.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
The game flurried out, past a hundred and twenty minutes, without Argentina registering a single shot on the Spanish goal.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of registering

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Attached was a spreadsheet listing more than 3,000 ISBNs along with instructions to match titles, prepare quotes and estimate shipping costs directed to China.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 July 2026
The listing agents are Diane Kingshill and Jason Lee Villarreal with Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty.

— David Caraccio Updated July 31, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of listing

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