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screen

[skreen] / skrin /


NOUN
partition
Synonyms
NOUN
display, monitor
Synonyms






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David Lee says his children don’t play videogames at home or have phones, but he and his wife treat them to screen time on vacation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

By requiring more information from users about where they work, Kalshi said it will be able to "identify presumptive insiders… and screen them out before a trade is ever placed".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

So if a user is booking a flight, flight information will be pulled from an email and show up on the call screen.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

During what she calls her favorite afternoon on any set, the four of them were waiting to go on, when someone suggested they name the ways they’ve died on screen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

I hadn’t all the way decided that before I typed those words, but as soon as I see them on the screen, I know they’re true.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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