high-security

adjective

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

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Tight restrictions on where planes can fly is a major issue in Washington DC, with narrow flight paths to avoid areas with high-security needs like the Capitol building and White House. Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025 However, people close to the CIA said that the assessment is based in part on a closer analysis of the conditions in the high-security labs in the Wuhan province, as reported by The New York Times. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025 In a high-security prison cell, sixteen-year-old Dan Martell sat alone, his life seemingly in fragments. Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 In 2015, Ulbricht was handed a life sentence for his involvement in the enterprise and is currently incarcerated at a high-security penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona. Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 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 16 Feb. 2025.

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