How to Use closed-circuit in a Sentence
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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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