screen saver
noun
: a computer program that usually displays various images on the screen of a computer that is on but not in use
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Mirren, who is also a stepmother to Hackford’s son Alex, 46, keeps Rio’s picture as her screen saver on her phone.
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Eric Andersson, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The screen saver plays a NASA graphic in which the Earth goes from green to yellow to orange to red, again and again.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Someone describes it as like being inside a screen saver.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
He’s spent 15 years covering the intersection of technology, culture, and politics at places like The Atlantic, Gizmodo, and Vice.
Roku City, the oddly alluring cityscape screen saver, scrolls across millions of idle TVs every day.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
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Eric Andersson, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The screen saver plays a NASA graphic in which the Earth goes from green to yellow to orange to red, again and again.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Someone describes it as like being inside a screen saver.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
He’s spent 15 years covering the intersection of technology, culture, and politics at places like The Atlantic, Gizmodo, and Vice.
Roku City, the oddly alluring cityscape screen saver, scrolls across millions of idle TVs every day.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Screen saver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screen%20saver. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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