public access
noun
chiefly US
: a television channel on which any person can broadcast a program
The city council meeting will be broadcast on public access.
—often used before another nounpublic access television
a public access channel
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The area is lawfully closed to public access.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Safeguarding public access to trusted.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The department pointed to a 2020 memo by then-Attorney General Xavier Becerra that ordered law enforcement agencies to prevent public access to a highly confidential criminal database known at the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, or CLETS.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
The court cited figures such as James Madison, George Mason and Thomas Jefferson, who viewed public access to government financial records as a safeguard against executive overreach and a cornerstone of democratic accountability.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Safeguarding public access to trusted.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The department pointed to a 2020 memo by then-Attorney General Xavier Becerra that ordered law enforcement agencies to prevent public access to a highly confidential criminal database known at the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, or CLETS.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
The court cited figures such as James Madison, George Mason and Thomas Jefferson, who viewed public access to government financial records as a safeguard against executive overreach and a cornerstone of democratic accountability.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Public access.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20access. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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