How to Use wait-list in a Sentence

wait-list

verb
  • Although both weekend passes are no longer available, fans can still sign up for two wait-lists.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
  • There is a wait-list open at the Fyre Festival website for early access and exclusive updates.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The company’s engineers deploy weekly updates, informed directly by the thousands of wait-list users who live in the inbox chaos daily.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Deposits and advance wait-list registration is the largest of any new event in NASCAR history.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The organization announced Scott’s donation last Thursday, adding that her contribution comes at a time when one in three local Meals on Wheels America providers have a wait-list, with elderly citizens having to wait an average of four months for meals and services.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026

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