pending
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It is unclear whether pending green card applications will be affected.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Buyers, for their part, have grown more accustomed to high housing payments, with pending home sales rising, and may be less likely to back out due to sticker shock.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In the Netherlands, Radboud University Hospital said Friday it had admitted a patient with a "low suspicion" of Ebola and had put him in isolation pending the result of diagnostic tests.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Stilwell is suspended from the case pending an official investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Were the SS really going to leav e hundreds of prisoners behind in the infirmaries, pending the arrival of their liberators?
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
Vocabulary lists containing pending
The Westing Game
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The Atlantic Charter - Churchill/Roosevelt (1941)
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