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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Roku is turning its famed Roku City screen saver into a stage for pop stars, and the company has tapped Lovato as the first artist set to take over.
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Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Some plants that go all gold in fall simply don’t have the biochemical apparatus to produce the orange, red and purple pigments that predominate in calendar and screen saver photos of New England’s autumn landscape.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Mirren, who is also a stepmother to Hackford’s son Alex, 46, keeps Rio’s picture as her screen saver on her phone.
—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
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Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Some plants that go all gold in fall simply don’t have the biochemical apparatus to produce the orange, red and purple pigments that predominate in calendar and screen saver photos of New England’s autumn landscape.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Mirren, who is also a stepmother to Hackford’s son Alex, 46, keeps Rio’s picture as her screen saver on her phone.
—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
See All Example Sentences for screen saver
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“Screen saver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screen%20saver. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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