watch list

American  

Or watchlist

noun

1. a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future.

   a watch list of possible growth stocks.

---

Etymology

Origin of watch list

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Mr. Burr is the author of the movie recommendation newsletter Ty Burr’s Watch List.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was placed on an official US watch list in 2024, and the so-called entity list was expanded this September to include any firm that is at least 50% owned by companies already on the list.

From BBC

He also added Nigeria to the government’s religious freedom watch list.

From Salon

A founding board member of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, Poitras knows those risks firsthand; her reporting in Iraq landed her on a U.S. watch list in 2006, leading to repeat border detentions.

From Los Angeles Times

The brief stint was impressive enough he was named to the Doak Walker Award watch list before this season.

From Los Angeles Times