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

Despite his consistency, Bhaghani was not on the 2026 Lou Groza Award preseason watch list, an honor presented annually to the best college kicker in the country. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Naim Lassiter enters the season being named one of 16 defensive backs selected to the preseason watch list for the Aeneas Williams Award. — Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Jim also viewed the offering as another sign that momentum was returning to the AI trade, helping give us the confidence to initiate a position in memory maker Micron after recently adding the stock to our Bullpen watch list. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026

On the watch list, available for sales, are two female helmers turning to horror with the backing from pedigreed producers. — Annika Pham, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for watch list

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