screen

Example Sentences

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Computers — and all other digital screens — would be banned for Los Angeles public school students until second grade, according to a draft plan to limit screen time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

"We are friends in real life as well... I think you feel that, I think it comes off the screen," Kenney-Silver said, adding that "the universal story of friendship" is key to the show's success.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Along Uganda’s 600-mile border with Congo, troops guard health teams as they screen travelers for symptoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Her theatrically minded screenplay is one of the best examples I’ve seen of modifying a stage play for the big screen.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The screen went dark and I let it—only to conserve the battery.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows