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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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Change is being declared, but most of it amounts to translation: one process swapped for another, nothing truly reimagined.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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The Yale Rep production will be directed by Liz Diamond, chair of the directing program at the David Geffen School of Drama, using the standard translation by Derek Prouse as adapted in 2018 by Frank Galati for a production at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Florida.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
18 June 2025
Noun
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But still, there may be many people who haven’t dived into Roma, perhaps because of the subtitles.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Marte made the claims in Spanish, but it was translated through subtitles on the podcast.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Closed-captioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed-captioning. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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