wait-list

verb

wait-listed; wait-listing; wait-lists

transitive verb

: to put on a waiting list

Examples of wait-list in a Sentence

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Milk Makeup’s Cooling Water Jelly Tints were quick to rack up 60,000 shoppers on its wait-list, 160,000 hearts on Sephora’s Loves list and sold 400,000 units during that period — nearly $10 million at the product’s $24 price point. James Manso, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025 The Times previously reported that the Trump inaugural fund had surpassed $170 million, a record, and that even major donors have been wait-listed for events. Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025 As of last check, the in-demand event was wait-listing prospective audience members. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024 The California wait list time is up to 10 years; hence California has an even higher fraction of wait-list deaths. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024 Applied to 11 schools, accepted to six, wait-listed at two. Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024 Despite a social worker’s efforts, Sofia was wait-listed for a family treatment program with a Spanish-speaking provider who offered sliding-scale payment. Ashley Andreou, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024 More than a quarter of them have since received at least one wait-list offer, Styer said. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024 She was wait-listed, but was admitted to the nonfiction program. Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wait-list was in 1960

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“Wait-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wait-list. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

wait-list

verb
ˈwāt-ˌlist
: to put on a waiting list

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