waiting list

Example Sentences

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California students in some places can attend charter schools if they clear the waiting list, but they have no private school choice.

From The Wall Street Journal

Millar said his "raft of credible and fully costed positive policies" for Wales included cutting income tax by a penny in the pound, and cutting waiting lists in the NHS by declaring a health emergency.

From BBC

"I got put on the waiting list and managed to snag a ticket," the 19-year-old told AFP on Friday at the train station in Baoding in northern Hebei province.

From Barron's

The hospital waiting list in England has dropped to its lowest level in nearly three years.

From BBC

In order to address a growing waiting list for gender services in Northern Ireland, it is planned to bring under-18s and adult services together under a single "Lifespan Gender Identity Service".

From BBC