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.
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What To Know While the current public health risk for bird flu remains low, the CDC has put the virus on a watch list and is working with states whose populations have experienced animal exposure.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Other breweries on the watch list are in similar positions: Prost, 4 Noses and Lady Justice all of which recently expanded or moved to new locations.
—John Frank, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
Such cases could include instances when migrants’ names come up on an international watch list, said a third government official, who, like the others, spoke on the condition of anonymity.
—Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
In fiscal 2024, which ended in September this year, 103 people on the terrorist watch list were apprehended by Border Patrol.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Other breweries on the watch list are in similar positions: Prost, 4 Noses and Lady Justice all of which recently expanded or moved to new locations.
—John Frank, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
Such cases could include instances when migrants’ names come up on an international watch list, said a third government official, who, like the others, spoke on the condition of anonymity.
—Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
In fiscal 2024, which ended in September this year, 103 people on the terrorist watch list were apprehended by Border Patrol.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Watch list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watch%20list. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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