How to Use closed-circuit in a Sentence

closed-circuit

adjective
  • They were not shown on the closed-circuit feed in the media overflow room.
    David Nakamura, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
  • There were two overflow rooms, but the closed-circuit feed shown in them went no farther—the trial was not televised.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Room 1523, with a closed-circuit audio-visual feed, will serve as an overflow courtroom for press and the public.
    Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The county hastily opened a conference room and closed-circuit video feed for observers.
    Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In the room was a table on which sat a rectangular closed-circuit track with markings where the robot would be commanded to stop.
    IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2023
  • His face has been visible to dozens of reporters watching in an overflow room on a large monitor with a closed-circuit camera trained on the defense table.
    Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
  • What happened that night To reach his ruling, Lee examined notes, texts, social media messages, emails, hours of audio as well as closed-circuit television footage around the night in question.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Two private security guards watched the heist unfold on a closed-circuit video feed, but could do little but call the police because strict rules prohibited the unarmed men from confronting the thieves themselves.
    Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • Officials were eventually able to track down their location with the help of closed-circuit cameras on public transportation, Ramey said.
    Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Workers said managers watch pickers through closed-circuit cameras and monitor their movements.
    Anna Schecter, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Jahnke’s sheep are additionally penned with electric fencing, and a closed-circuit television camera helps with monitoring for signs of wolves.
    Kate Brady, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The center will not be open to the public, although people can walk into the front room to view educational materials and watch admitted animals on a closed-circuit television, the group said.
    Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Serna had been unstable, walking into walls and collapsing inside her cell throughout her last day — behavior recorded on closed-circuit footage but not witnessed by staff.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • It has been freshly painted and refurbished, with a daunting sign outside threatening trespassers with closed-circuit television, dogs and drone surveillance.
    Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • More than 40 journalists — from television networks and news outlets across the country — packed another courtroom on Tuesday to monitor the jury selection, via closed-circuit TV.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
  • Prosecutors also provided about nine months of closed-circuit television footage.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • Detectives used a combination of closed-circuit television footage and location data from a GPS monitor that Jackson was wearing as part of an unrelated case in order to place him at the scene as a shooter, according to court documents.
    Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Hypothetically, emergency dispatchers could transmit closed-circuit or drone footage over a private 5G broadcast to emergency responders over a TV broadcast tower, even when the local cellular network is down.
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2023

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