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screening

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verb

present participle of screen
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as in filtering
to pass through a filter you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities

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as in covering
to place a protective layer over screened his eyes with his hand to block the sun

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Recent Examples of screening
Noun
In Rome, Kim Kardashian delivered a stellar vintage moment at the All’s Fair season two screening, choosing an archival Yves Saint Laurent gown in bold leopard. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026 The 107-year-old selected a screening of the 1955 comedy One Good Turn, featuring one of his favorite actors, Norman Wisdom. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2026
Verb
After its Zurich Film Festival world premiere, Perfect Road has been screening at the 70th edition of the BFI London Film Festival. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026 After Washe's long shot went in through the legs of screening teammate Jeff Malott, Sennecke finished a strong passing sequence with Gauthier and Nikita Nesterenko. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for screening
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screening
Noun
  • The driver gets a 24-inch OLED screen, and there’s a smaller 7-inch infotainment screen in the centre.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In practice, hygge can mean curling up with a book and a hot drink, lighting candles for a quiet dinner, gathering friends for a fireside chat without screens or bundling up for a walk in the snow.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Still, research like this hints at where oral health could be headed, moving away from simply protecting or replacing damaged tissue and toward materials designed to help rebuild tooth enamel instead.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
  • That’s because the rocket aims for full reusability, with a novel upper stage thruster design and heat shield to solve the difficult problem of protecting a vehicle reentering at orbital velocity.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The gloom was useful for masking scavenging activities and for concealing one’s identity.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Meier serves drinks to the enemy, while concealing his Jewish identity.
    — Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Those searches risk filtering out the candidates most likely to bring a perspective your bank lacks.
    — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Director Dustin Rikert worked efficiently, filming several takes of attendees filtering into the auction.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In terms of color gamut, the Scar 18 ranked highest among its competitors, covering 100% of the sRGB and DCI-P3 gamuts, and 94% of Adobe RGB.
    — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Months later, the Austin City Council approved a $35 million settlement covering the three surviving men and Pierce’s family.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Apple's backlit Magic Keyboard comes standard on all MacBooks and uses a lattice/chiclet layout.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • At low enough temperatures, Cooper pairs appear as a consequence of ripples passing through the lattice.
    — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Knicks enter the 2026 season this week as defending NBA champions, as any New Yorker in your life would be happy to remind you.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Administration has invoked national security in defending other projects.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Some senators fled while others braced themselves inside the Senate chamber as Officer Eugene Goodman tried to reason with the mob, and Senate staffers barricaded themselves in offices, hiding.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Joseph had spent most of the war hiding in the forest with the Bielski partisan force, a Jewish resistance group.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Screening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screening. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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