small screen

noun

Examples of small screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web From Martin Sheen to Rob Lowe and even Jon Hamm, more than a dozen actors have portrayed JFK on the big and small screen. Cristina Everett, EW.com, 11 June 2024 In the February video, Ramer repeatedly pointed to a small screen for signs of Charlotte's offspring. Bill Chappell, NPR, 4 June 2024 The company’s goal is to create a pan-European television and film studio that can produce and distribute big and small screen European content across the continent. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024 Meanwhile, on the on small screen, Hulu’s No One Will Save You and Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher were frighteningly popular. James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for small screen 

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Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of small screen was in 1944

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“Small screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20screen. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.

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