watch list
noun
: a list of people or things that are being closely watched because they are likely to do or experience bad things in the future
The animals are on a watch list of species that could become extinct soon.
Examples of watch list in a Sentence
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When this information came to light, the two men were immediately put on the watch list, and the FBI began to search for them, albeit unsuccessfully.
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Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Belk is no stranger to the watch list of many credit analysts.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
But not every ship that comes to town is on a Greenpeace watch list; there are also schooners, plus the odd outrigger canoe.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Documents declassified in 2017 revealed the CIA had placed him on a watch list because of his antiwar activities.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
In 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice won a significant victory against Chiquita for giving money to AUC, which had been placed on the U.S. terrorist watch list in 2001.
—Jack Werner / Made By History, TIME, 18 June 2024
The El Paso, Texas native was also recently named to the top-40 watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s National Player of the Year award.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2024
Last year, hundreds of individuals on the United States’ terrorist watch list attempted to enter the country via the southern border.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
But the 169 people encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol last fiscal year on the watch list are a tiny fraction of the nearly 2.5 million foreigners encountered that year, and fentanyl is entering the country from all directions – including across the U.S. northern border and through the mail.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2024
Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Belk is no stranger to the watch list of many credit analysts.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
But not every ship that comes to town is on a Greenpeace watch list; there are also schooners, plus the odd outrigger canoe.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Documents declassified in 2017 revealed the CIA had placed him on a watch list because of his antiwar activities.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
In 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice won a significant victory against Chiquita for giving money to AUC, which had been placed on the U.S. terrorist watch list in 2001.
—Jack Werner / Made By History, TIME, 18 June 2024
The El Paso, Texas native was also recently named to the top-40 watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s National Player of the Year award.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2024
Last year, hundreds of individuals on the United States’ terrorist watch list attempted to enter the country via the southern border.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
But the 169 people encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol last fiscal year on the watch list are a tiny fraction of the nearly 2.5 million foreigners encountered that year, and fentanyl is entering the country from all directions – including across the U.S. northern border and through the mail.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2024
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