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waitlist

[weyt-list] / ˈweɪtˌlɪst /
NOUN
waiting list
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In March 2026, Missouri started a child care subsidy waitlist.

From Salon

Cardona’s high school, near Downtown Los Angeles, usually has a long waitlist, but when the current school year started, the waitlist evaporated.

From Salon

Enrollment remains under capacity at 85% for a center that once had a one-to-two-year waitlist.

From Los Angeles Times

The resource and referral agency has a waitlist of 25,000 children in their region alone.

From Los Angeles Times

Her oldest daughter is in transitional kindergarten and out of day care, meaning that Quintanilla had to start from scratch on the waitlist.

From Los Angeles Times