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screen

[skreen] / skrin /


NOUN
partition
Synonyms
NOUN
display, monitor
Synonyms






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Now, for the first time, we have proof that those stories don't stay on screen – they shape how people with visible difference are treated in real life.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

"More neutral and aspirational characters on screen will improve real perceptions of the whole visible difference community."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

I was impressed, though, by how stiff the hinge was, keeping the screen upright even with aggressive prodding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

From your prone position, you use a joy stick to move forward, back or down while staring into a large screen featuring real footage of the interior of the ISS taken by astronaut Scott Kelly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

There’s a smear of chocolate above the kid’s top lip, and he’s holding on to Dad’s phone, staring at the screen.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Now, if we could just get trackers for all these new airport lounges, fancier suites and seatback screens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Apple says it will replace iPhone Duo handsets that have developed problems with their screens just days after the highly-anticipated smartphone went on sale.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Critics say social networks use addictive algorithms to keep kids glued to their screens, and warn excessive scrolling can damage their mental health.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Last year, Inglewood signed a deal with WOW Media to put electronic advertising all around the city — 60 digital signs carrying 108 screens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Kyle stared at all the kids blasting through outer space, flinging catapults of fire at castle walls, or scuba diving with dolphins on the glowing game screens surrounding him.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

We screened the components of the Russell 1000 Value Index by looking at forward price-to-earnings ratios, based on consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates among analysts polled by FactSet.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

When the documentary was recently screened at Harvard — one of the institutions whose responses it challenges — those stories were given particular force.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Can Denis Villeneuve’s third and final “Dune” movie, which hasn’t screened widely for press, take the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy path to a best picture victory?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 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

Beyond her is a screened door that leads outside.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Bancel envisions government screening campaigns to help find people with the condition and an annual pharmacy shot for those with the syndrome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Although the results offer compelling evidence that IBD has a detectable early immune signature, the researchers emphasize that the findings are not yet ready for use in routine medical screening.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

What makes this even more difficult is that AI hiring tools work in different ways, with some not even screening CVs in the first place.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Millard set the falcon down and held the sheet in front, screening the bird from the audience.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs


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