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screen

[skreen] / skrin /


NOUN
partition
Synonyms
NOUN
display, monitor
Synonyms






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In a statement, Skerritt's family said that he leaves behind a "legacy that reaches far beyond the screen"

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Making a full-circle jump from her laptop screen to the multiplex, Cvijic waxes poetic.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

“He’s right behind you!” we yell at the screen, watching from between our fingers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The spacious, antiglare double screen is alluring, and the device’s various poses are practical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Besides, the idea of strangers gawking at me, even if it was merely my image on a screen, made me uncomfortable.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“We don’t get to experience movies like this on big theater screens anymore.”

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

When Ali G first arrived on our screens, characters like him were far more common, says social psychologist Amy Kean.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Watch Duty notifications lit up residents’ screens: A fire had started on the other side of the mountains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The brigade command post in Mykilske, where Stupnikov often sat behind a set of screens, was decked out with chairs, sofas, carpets and large-screen televisions looted from local homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The domed ceiling, at least another thirty meters above our heads, is lined with two giant screens.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

By Monday evening, footage of the protests had made its way into his stump speech for embattled Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas, where video clips had already been screened for rallygoers.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

The hallway to the bathrooms was lined with the movie posters that CAP has screened as part of their free film series, Reel Progress.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Kenya's health ministry says more than 652,000 travellers have been screened and nearly 5,000 healthcare workers trained to deal with Ebola, with five facilities designated to handle cases.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

There’s also an attached walk-in pantry, with a powder room, laundry facilities, an office area, a screened porch, and a sizable garage nearby.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Better yet, the flat roof of the next garden's oil tank was just a foot below me, and screened by coal-blue conifers.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Airport officials at the busy international airport in Lagos were Friday screening all international inbound travellers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

“At one point,” Newfield says, “a woman from my screening walked down the line and yelled: ‘It’s worth the wait!’”

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

This “suggests that factors related to cancer detection, screening, and diagnostic practices may contribute to some of the observed increases,” the University of Iowa study says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Matt Kaszanek, director of the Animation Is Film festival, which is giving “Wildwood” a special screening, said the bigger hurdle may be perception.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

She asked the judge to order one final screening.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter


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