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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Assistant Chief Constable Christian Bunt stressed the absence of public access.
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Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
shane Croucher
jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
The Archive, meanwhile, has always billed itself as a research library (albeit a digital one), and its supporters saw the label’s suit — along with a similar one brought by book publishers — as an attack on preservation efforts and public access to the cultural record.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
In May, the CDC and FDA expanded public access to the databases that collect these reports.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The area is lawfully closed to public access.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
shane Croucher
jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
The Archive, meanwhile, has always billed itself as a research library (albeit a digital one), and its supporters saw the label’s suit — along with a similar one brought by book publishers — as an attack on preservation efforts and public access to the cultural record.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
In May, the CDC and FDA expanded public access to the databases that collect these reports.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The area is lawfully closed to public access.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Public access.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20access. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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