51Թ

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watch list

or ɲٳl

noun

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

    a watch list of possible growth stocks.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of watch list1

First recorded in 1970–75
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Intellectual property concerns have landed India on the 'Priority Watch List', for which the report cites weak patent protections and a lack of trade secret laws.

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The UK has a new watch list of 24 infectious diseases that could pose the greatest future threat to public health.

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“Am I going to be somehow identified as an immigrant that's exploiting federal funding streams and so I would just get deported? I have no idea,” said cell biologist Shumpei Maruyama, an early-career scientist and Japanese immigrant with permanent residency in the U.S., upon seeing his research on the government watch list.

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The online rumour mill had identified the attacker as a Muslim asylum seeker who had been on an MI6 watch list.

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The suspect is a 37-year-old Algerian who was subject to a deportation order because he was on a terrorism watch list, according to the local prosecutor.

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