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waiting list

noun as in list of people waiting for something

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He told the programme NHS waiting lists were coming down, GP numbers were going up and more affordable houses were being built in Scotland per head of the population.

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Roger said he would do the job but I had to be on his waiting list.

So it is deeply frustrating that waiting lists have gone up for the third month in a row.

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Mr Burton's evidence noted that children's procedures being seen "as less of a priority compared to, for example, adult cancer treatment" was one of the reasons for the rise in children's waiting lists size.

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Ms Begley had been on the waiting list for many years before moving into a house in the loyalist Westland area.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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