Definition of "waiting list" []

• A list of persons waiting, as for an appointment or filling a vacancy. (noun)

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• "It now enrolls nearly 200 students across four grade levels, with eight teachers, and has a growing waiting list for admissions this fall."
• "There was a waiting list for correspondents to get a day in Khe Sanh, but Walter Cronkite was not to make the list."