WAIT-LISTS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

wait-lists

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present tense third-person singular of wait-list

as in matriculates

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Constructing a curriculum From 30 to 50 applications, the construction capstone program matriculates about 32 students a year, split into four-hour morning and afternoon classes with about 16 seats each.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
The Division is chaired by producer Susan Arnold (13 Going On 30, America’s Sweethearts) and matriculates around 215 students annually.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025

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Yet the university, which was founded in the 1960s and enrolls about 13,530 students, lacks extensive religious infrastructure, said Matt Hoffman, director of the Center for Religion, Spirituality and Pluralism on campus.

— Kyle Desrosiers-Levine, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
The second-largest community college district in California, Los Rios enrolls 70,000 students annually.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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Some lawyers have tried to find their clients through an ICE program that schedules legal calls, but only a small percentage of detention centers use it, the lawsuit says.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
As a workaround, some lawyers have tried to find their clients through an ICE program that schedules legal calls, but only a small percentage of detention centers use it, the lawsuit says.

— Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

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— Matthew von Hippel, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2026
Bary also lists stocks that have continued to rise in price after Berkshire cut its stakes, with Apple being the worst offender.

— Alex Crippen, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026

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