Example sentences for: watchlist

How can you use “watchlist” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In 1993, Congress passed legislation allowing State to retain visa-processing fees for border security; those fees were then used by the department to fully automate the terrorist watchlist.

  • By 1998, 97 suspected terrorists had been denied admission at U.S. ports of entry because of the watchlist.

  • The names they had were put on a watchlist in Bangkok, so that Thai authorities might notice if the men left the country.

  • Finally, on the watchlist, officials told us that large lists were difficult to implement, particularly when they weren't accompanied by numeric data such as date of birth that would enable an air carrier to distinguish the terrorist from others around the world who had his or her name.

  • Nor had the CIA placed Mihdhar on the State Department's watchlist for suspected terrorists, so that either an embassy or a port of entry might take note if Mihdhar showed up again.


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