Awaiting/expecting the arrival of a person, a thing, an event; sometimes bound to a particular place; is delaying movement or action.
Being and remaining ready and available for use.
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Examples for "wait "
Examples for "wait "
1 Children must wait years for orthodontic treatment in the public health ervice.
2 Of course there's always one way out-thesure way-butthat can wait .
3 Let the state aid wait , DIA General Director Alexander Turbanov told journalists.
4 But they may wait for the right market window, the source said.
5 That is four times longer than the average wait a month ago.
1 Labour also said it would await the result of any police inquiry.
2 He said he would await information from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
3 Canada has said 14 days of quarantine await them on their return.
4 He said the government would await funeral arrangements to honour their service.
5 Hitler had agreed in principle, but wanted to await developments in Hungary.
1 However, the current situation regarding waiting lists is clearly less than satisfactory.
2 However, many of us may be waiting to 'get our money right'.
3 The law said the waiting period should be at least 60 days.
4 International best practice indicates waiting times should be less than 90 days.
5 Getting together with extended family is a good time waiting to happen.
6 He said, I've been waiting three years to hear you ask that.
7 That waiting period is now three years but comes with certain conditions.
8 The EU is still waiting for any new proposals from the UK.
9 Indian economy is carefully waiting for a good monsoon in coming months.
10 Over the past year the waiting list has grown to over 100.
11 At one point, the company had a waiting list of five weeks.
12 The strategy was clear: to devolve after a hundred years of waiting .
13 There is an EU market of £20 billion waiting to be exploited.
14 Your father is waiting . ' I move, but real time is on 'Pause'.
15 However, others hang about waiting in anticipation, eager to continue the night.
16 Yet we still have public patients on long waiting lists for surgery.
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