"waiver wire" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waiver wires",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "waiver wire (countable and uncountable, plural waiver wires)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
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            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The mechanism by which players who have been released (waived) by teams are eligible to be hired by other teams."
      ],
      "id": "en-waiver_wire-en-noun-1hczXuFf",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "release",
          "release"
        ],
        [
          "waive",
          "waive"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) The mechanism by which players who have been released (waived) by teams are eligible to be hired by other teams."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "waivers"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "waiver wire"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waiver wires",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The mechanism by which players who have been released (waived) by teams are eligible to be hired by other teams."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "release",
          "release"
        ],
        [
          "waive",
          "waive"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) The mechanism by which players who have been released (waived) by teams are eligible to be hired by other teams."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "waivers"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "waiver wire"
}