waiting list
nounDefinition of waiting list
: a list or roster of those waiting (as for admission to an organization or institution)
Examples of waiting list in a Sentence
I'll put your name on the waiting list.
Recent Examples on the Web
But some of the prison's programs — like the culinary arts and auto repair programs — tend to be very popular among inmates and have wait lists. — Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News, "Barr: Justice Department is ‘all in’ on criminal justice overhaul," 13 July 2019 More than 94,000 of the 113,000 people on the national organ waiting list need a kidney. — NBC News, "Trump to order overhaul of kidney disease program," 10 July 2019 More than 94,000 of the 113,000 people on the national organ waiting list need a kidney. — Lauran Neergaard, chicagotribune.com, "Trump to order overhaul of kidney care to promote transplants, home dialysis," 10 July 2019 At the next border crossing, which lay a ten-minute taxi ride westward, Victoria, dark, beautiful, and number 1,036 on the asylum waiting list, stood in the chilly sidewalk queue for Father Sean’s soup kitchen. — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, "“Just Keep Going North”," 5 July 2019 More than 100 Cameroonians blocked the path of the government immigration vans last month, demanding more transparency about who gets accepted from the wait list to request asylum. — Elliot Spagat, Fortune, "40,000 Migrants Are Now Waiting at the U.S. Border," 8 Aug. 2019 There are thousands more on waiting lists at ports of entry who will now likely be denied asylum. — Washington Post, "Homeland Security chief: Family border separations are down," 19 July 2019 There are thousands more on waiting lists at ports of entry who will now likely be denied asylum. — Colleen Long, BostonGlobe.com, "DHS leader tells House committee family separations at border have decreased," 18 July 2019 On the northwest side of town, there is no wait list for commuter parking spots at the Route 59 station. — Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, "City Council hears plans to address long wait lists, commuter permit abuse at Naperville train station," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'waiting list.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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