as in stayed
to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something
please wait here, and we'll seat you shortly
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Recent Examples of waited
The epilogue reveals that Conrad has waited two years before sending Belly a handwritten letter.
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Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The couple waited until February 2016 to claim their share of the grand prize.
—Jennifer Sangalang, Treasure Coast Newspapers, 3 Sep. 2025
Members of the Yurok Tribe waited on the sandbar to greet them, including 90-year-old Lavina Mattz Bowers and other veterans of the struggle to affirm the tribe's fishing rights.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Hawley waited until the start of the fifth season to lean all the way into the comparison, by borrowing the movie’s inciting incident where a Minnesota Nice housewife is kidnapped by two goons — one hapless, one relentless and seemingly mystical.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The athlete reportedly waited for an ambulance for over 90 minutes despite the hospital being only five minutes away by car, according to ABC.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The players then waited while the on-court emcee called them out of the dark tunnel into the bright sunshine of the Armstrong court.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Nearby, a woman in her mid-fifties, who had taken the train in from Philadelphia for the set, waited for her wife to bring back drinks from the bar.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
In a courtroom high above Olathe, everyone waited for Justin Brace.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The couple waited until February 2016 to claim their share of the grand prize.
—Jennifer Sangalang, Treasure Coast Newspapers, 3 Sep. 2025
Members of the Yurok Tribe waited on the sandbar to greet them, including 90-year-old Lavina Mattz Bowers and other veterans of the struggle to affirm the tribe's fishing rights.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Hawley waited until the start of the fifth season to lean all the way into the comparison, by borrowing the movie’s inciting incident where a Minnesota Nice housewife is kidnapped by two goons — one hapless, one relentless and seemingly mystical.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The athlete reportedly waited for an ambulance for over 90 minutes despite the hospital being only five minutes away by car, according to ABC.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The players then waited while the on-court emcee called them out of the dark tunnel into the bright sunshine of the Armstrong court.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Nearby, a woman in her mid-fifties, who had taken the train in from Philadelphia for the set, waited for her wife to bring back drinks from the bar.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
In a courtroom high above Olathe, everyone waited for Justin Brace.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waited
Verb
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Even as hiring slowed last month, the average length of the workweek stayed steady.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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He was invited to Sandy Springs on a press trip and stayed at the Hyatt House Atlanta / Perimeter Center, which USA TODAY toured separately.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That alone is enough to extinguish whatever lingered from Tuesday night’s debacle.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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That heavy drinking in the early days of the breakup is briefly discussed but not lingered upon.—
Caleb Hammond,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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He was carted off the field and Padres fans nervously awaited the news of Adam's injury.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy has made major decisions on vaccines in the absence of a CDC director while Monarez awaited confirmation and continued to do so afterwards.—
Michael Erman,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Waited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waited. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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