waiting list
noun
: 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.
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Indeed, the increase in long-term sickness in the last five years has corresponded with a doubling in the number of people on hospital waiting lists for treatment.
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
According to numbers from the United Network for Organ Sharing, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. are on a transplant waiting list with 90,000 in need of kidneys.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024
According to numbers from the United Network for Organ Sharing, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. are on a transplant waiting list with 90,000 in need of kidneys.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for waiting list
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“Waiting list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiting%20list. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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