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  • present participle of screen.
Definitions

screening

[skree-ning] / ˈskri nɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
hiding
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
in plain view obvious




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The lower level contains an incredibly versatile room that’s currently used as a gym, but could also be well-suited to serve as a screening room, game room, or even an additional bedroom.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Click your remote control and you have an 11-foot-wide image on a white wall — a sort of private screening room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

In the UK, routine NHS breast screening is not automatically offered to 40-year-olds, as standard invitations begin at 50.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

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

More than 10,000 screenings of the sci-fi thriller "Sanxingdui: Future Past" are scheduled for Friday, according to ticketing platform Maoyan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

At Chicago’s Music Box Theater, one of metropolitan America’s premier destinations for arthouse cinema, screenings sold out in a flash, accounting for the second largest share of the restoration’s opening-weekend box office.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

The study noted that Iowa’s broader coverage and access to screenings could be contributing to its rising cancer rates by increasing detection of slow-growing tumors at earlier stages, some of which may not be lethal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Assessing 50 male competitive cyclists, Keay found in her initial screenings that nearly half had poor bone health and 25% were suffering from REDs.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

By the time Joey graduates, Gertie Hornsbostel has already passed her screenings and moved with her husband to New York.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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