high-security

adjective

: carefully locked, protected, or guarded
a high-security prison/facility

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The art of restraint Western brands entering China, especially its high-security capital city of Beijing, have long had to straddle a fine line between local marketing ambitions and reputational risks to the brand back home. Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026 As the story notes, governments and financial institutions will be some of the earliest customers for high-security, quantum cryptographic applications. IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025 Across the region, even some leaders who reject extreme measures are heeding the call for a tougher approach to crime by building new high-security prisons and ramping up arrests of gang leaders. Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 After she was found not guilty during a 2006 retrial by reason of insanity, she was committed to a high-security psychiatric hospital. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-security

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“High-security.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-security. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.

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