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View definitions for in waiting

in waiting

adjective as in deferred

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Plaid Cymru wanted to use the event at the Principality Stadium to look ahead to the 2026 Senedd election, portraying itself as a government in waiting.

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He is a recognized clubhouse leader routinely referred to as a manager in waiting, a player who like former Dodgers Dave Roberts and Alex Cora could develop into a respected skipper perched on the top step of the dugout.

In London, almost a third of Uber drivers have invested in an EV, so the difference in waiting times may not be long.

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Vice President Kamala Harris abandoned her campaign schedule for a day to monitor the attack from the White House situation room, and seized the chance to sound like a commander-in-chief in waiting.

A quintessential English boarding school story, it was also a nod to DC Thomson’s Scottish base, and the ladies in waiting of Mary Queen of Scots.

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

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