Automation: Please help me better understand "wait for trigger" and how to implement

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You don’t need a wait for trigger for this. It can be done like this:

Turn on automation

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_1
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_2
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: light.your_light
    state: 'off'
action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: light.your_light

Turn off automation

trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.motion_1', 'off') and is_state('binary_sensor.motion_2', 'off') }}"
    for:
      minutes: 15
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: light.your_light
    state: 'on'
action:
  - service: light.turn_off
    target:
      entity_id: light.your_light
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