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

Recent Examples on the Web

Cristobal is one of three Atlantic Coast Conference coaches on the preseason watch list, joining Louisville’s Jeff Brohm and Georgia Tech’s Brent Key. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

And Karlovy Vary’s mayor told THR that Rain Catcher was on her to-watch list for this year’s double anniversary edition of the fest. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026

Solstice, which was spun off from Honeywell last year, is on the Club’s Bullpen stock watch list . — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 6 July 2026

In February, China put 20 Japanese companies on an export control list and 20 others on a watch list. — ABC News, 29 June 2026

Rhymes for watch list

• assist
• blacklist
• booklist
• checklist
• consist
• desist
• dismissed
• enlist
• exist
• insist
• oocyst
• persist