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screening

[skree-ning] / ˈskri nɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
hiding
Synonyms
STRONG
cloaking covering masking suppressing veiling
WEAK
going underground out of sight
Antonyms
WEAK
in plain view obvious
NOUN
network
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chain grid net organization structure system web
STRONG
arrangement artery checkerboard circuitry complex convolution crisscross fabric fiber grill grillwork hookup interconnections jungle labyrinth maze mesh netting nexus patchwork plexus reticulation reticule tessellation tracks wattle weave wiring

Example Sentences

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Guests faced little screening to enter the hotel on Saturday — a quick flash of a paper ticket — before heading down escalators to the only area with magnetometers, where bags were also searched.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Attendees pointed out that there was a magnetometer placed outside the ballroom, but there was no such screening before that or at the entrance to the hotel itself.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

That was certainly the case at my public screening on Thursday evening.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Her worst incident was during a screening of supernatural horror film Smile 2, in 2024.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

They also house blood samples taken from most infants born in the United States since the late sixties, when states started mandating the screening of all newborns for genetic diseases.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot