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

Two Georgia baseball players, junior catcher/outfielder Daniel Jackson and junior infielder/outfielder Tre Phelps, were named to the midseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award, USA Baseball announced Thursday. —Sarah Spencer, AJC.com, 2 Apr. 2026

Officials noted that the attacker was not on any terrorist watch list and had never been the subject of an FBI investigation before the attack. —Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026

Aztecs junior Jabin Trosky has been added to the national watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award, which goes to the best shortstop in college baseball. —Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026

The Chinese Commerce Ministry put 20 Japanese companies on an export control list and 20 others on a separate watch list. —Simina Mistreanu, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for watch list

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