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screen

[skreen] / skrin /


NOUN
partition
Synonyms
NOUN
display, monitor
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The Duo features the largest iPhone screen ever, at 7.6 inches, with prices starting at about $2,000 for 256 gigabytes of storage and exceeding $3,000 for two terabytes of storage.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Video game fans have been treated to a two-hit combo of big screen adaptations recently.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

During the video evidence, Brand watched the TV screen attached to the dock - rarely taking his eyes away.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“To write a film about Lorca and the Civil War called for something refreshing, something pop, something that entices you to look at the screen, something new — and he has it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

So I picked up my phone like I had important business with it, even though the screen was dark.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

The film, which screens Sunday at the Newport Beach Film Festival, stars comedian Aida Rodriguez as Glori, a Brooklyn-based artist and community-center worker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

I passed by auditoriums with heavily fractionalized pie-charts projected onto massive screens.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

They said he often showed his brokerage screens on livestreams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The amount of time children in England spend on screens at school could be harming their "physical and developmental health", a group of more than 150 clinicians has warned.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Supreme’s dashboard looks like something from the Millennium Falcon with all the screens and buttons.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

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

His spokesman said Kenya had the capacity to detect, isolate and manage suspected cases, adding that so far more than 650,000 travellers had been screened and 267 samples tested.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

There’s also an attached walk-in pantry, with a powder room, laundry facilities, an office area, a screened porch, and a sizable garage nearby.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Kenya has screened some 650,000 individuals for the deadly virus, trained nearly 5,000 health workers and set up isolation and care facilities around the country, Duale said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Meals were served in their rooms, and the clients were carefully screened.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Previously prom-perfect in a slinky dress, glossy wig and sparkling tiara for a Cinespia screening of the 1976 horror classic “Carrie,” Monáe’s dousing was of her own volition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

"These patterns suggest that while similar risk factors across ages are likely, some cancers may have age-specific exposures, susceptibilities, or differences in screening and detection practices," write the researchers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Thorough screening and a good lease can reduce problems and help resolve disputes, but nothing is foolproof.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Some employers are adding new AI-powered screening tools, while others are including cheating-detection software during the hiring process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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


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