How to Use watch list in a Sentence

watch list

noun
  • Ward was one of 50 players named to the watch list and was the only UM player to make the cut.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Heck, two guys from Colorado are in front of him on the Heisman watch list.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Ready to add either of these CBS comedies to your watch list?
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Belk is no stranger to the watch list of many credit analysts.
    Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The tight end also earned his way onto the 2023 John Mackey Award watch list.
    Corey Smith, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The winner will be named Dec. 7, though appearing on the watch list is not a requirement to win the award.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Full of laugh-out-loud humor and fresh horrors, The Menu should be on every foodie's watch list.
    Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Tygart was one of 81 pitchers who were named earlier in the week to the watch list for the Stopper of the Year Award as the nation's best closer.
    Arkansas Online, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The nursing home has been on the federal government’s watch list for months.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
  • He had been named to the Outland Trophy preseason watch list earlier in the month.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
  • This is not the only asteroid this week to make NASA’s asteroid watch list.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 28 June 2023
  • Perhaps the most fearsome is Ryan Campos, who was named to the Golden Spikes midseason watch list.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2023
  • And rounding out Rapid Rating’s watch list is Lands’ End, a fashion retailer whose time may have come and gone.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Dino Babers, Syracuse Babers is the only repeat performer from 2022 on this year’s pink slip watch list.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But not every ship that comes to town is on a Greenpeace watch list; there are also schooners, plus the odd outrigger canoe.
    Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • To make this a doable watch list, here are 15 festive films streaming this holiday season.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Jordan Neely, who was killed by another subway rider, was on a watch list for a city task force that kept track of the homeless New Yorkers of most concern.
    James Barron, New York Times, 15 May 2023
  • The official noted that the number of suspects encountered on the terror watch list have also decreased from year to year.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Add these true crime documentaries to your must-watch list Some documentaries aren't exactly for the faint of heart.
    Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Note: The purpose of this watch list is to track eligible nominees for this year’s national show.
    USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The purpose of this watch list is to track eligible nominees for this year’s national show.
    USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Around 17 million people in California were under flood watches Monday, and southern parts of the state will likely be added to the flood watch list.
    Julianne McShane, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Miller was part of Wooden late-season watch list in January but was not among its final 15 candidates announced March 4.
    Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Nineteen athletes were honored as state-wide players of the year in their respective sports, spring watch list athletes were honored, and eight premier awards were handed out.
    The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2023
  • These unvetted migrants come from as far as China, Iran, and Syria, and have included at least 140 people on the terror watch list this fiscal year alone.
    Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Below are seven TikTok accounts that are worth following—as well as each one’s pick for a timepiece that’s currently atop their watch list.
    Jake Woolf, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2023
  • When this information came to light, the two men were immediately put on the watch list, and the FBI began to search for them, albeit unsuccessfully.
    Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
  • Just more than half of insurers based in Florida are on the state insurance regulator’s watch list due to their financial health.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 June 2023
  • The government refused to assume responsibility for debt owed to foreign nations and investors (many of whom were in the UK which placed Iceland on a terror watch list).
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Beyond the five players included on the Manning watch list, the conference is stacked with experienced transfers and one of the nation’s top freshman quarterbacks.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2023

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