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Recent Examples of closed-captioning
SignUp is currently moving into India, where very little closed-captioning exists, attracting interest from government and education entities.
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Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Bad Bunny addresses 'f---ed-up' Grammys closed-captioning controversy At the time, Bad Bunny made his frustrations known without calling out Hinchcliffe directly.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Vice President Kamala Harris and actress Zendaya were among the most mispronounced words of the year in the United States, according to a list released by the language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group on Wednesday.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The film was also the subject of a minor controversy at Cannes, when jury members including Marlee Matlin walked out of the screening because of a technical snafu that resulted in the film’s closed-captioning malfunctioning.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
This mental closed-captioning has accompanied me since late toddlerhood, almost as far back as my earliest childhood memories.
—Emily Makowski, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2024
The New York Times reported that a monitor was installed at Fetterman's desk in the Senate chamber that provides closed-captioning, and the Senate sergeant-at-arms arranged for live audio-to-text transcription for his committees.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2023
Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Bad Bunny addresses 'f---ed-up' Grammys closed-captioning controversy At the time, Bad Bunny made his frustrations known without calling out Hinchcliffe directly.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Vice President Kamala Harris and actress Zendaya were among the most mispronounced words of the year in the United States, according to a list released by the language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group on Wednesday.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The film was also the subject of a minor controversy at Cannes, when jury members including Marlee Matlin walked out of the screening because of a technical snafu that resulted in the film’s closed-captioning malfunctioning.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
This mental closed-captioning has accompanied me since late toddlerhood, almost as far back as my earliest childhood memories.
—Emily Makowski, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2024
The New York Times reported that a monitor was installed at Fetterman's desk in the Senate chamber that provides closed-captioning, and the Senate sergeant-at-arms arranged for live audio-to-text transcription for his committees.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed-captioning
Noun
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The guidance encourages agencies to explore alternatives such as artificial intelligence and machine translation where minimal assistance in other languages remains appropriate.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
14 July 2025
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And, over time, fewer new European priests arrived in Kongo, making translation less necessary.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
12 July 2025
Noun
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In 2023, the French-language film with English subtitles won the annual WIFF Prize in Canadian Film, which comes with a $25,000 award for the director.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
10 July 2025
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To ensure nothing is lost in translation, Springsteen’s brief forays into politics of about two to three minutes each are translated for local audiences in German, French, Spanish, Basque and Italian subtitles on the giant video walls onstage.—
Erik Kirschbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Closed-captioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed-captioning. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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