IN CAMERA Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

in camera

adverb

Definition of in camera

as in privately

in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others the board of trustees met in camera to decide the fate of the embattled university president

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Over the previous few decades, this sort of private business had — quite privately — taken over the American business world.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
Stroud, offensive coordinator Nick Caley, the offensive line, the receivers and running backs, even the front office — were publicly and privately accountable for their part in the team falling short.

— Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of privately

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OpenAI has confidentially filed its IPO prospectus, but has been under fire in recent months after its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached open-source developer platform Hugging Face.

— Ashley Capoot,Kate Rooney, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
The company confidentially filed for a potential IPO in June.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of confidentially

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Nearly a year and a half after local leaders secretly voted to halt a Beltline rail project, several Atlanta City Council members are urging the mayor’s administration to reconsider.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Anthropic also said there were other similar attempts to secretly divert user requests to Claude by Chinese firms like DeepSeek.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

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