small screen

noun

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The first small screen translation of the nearly 50-year-old franchise known for straddling horror, sci-fi, and action genres, Alien: Earth takes place two years before the events of the 1979 original and nearly six decades before Aliens. Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 This is a case where people who have already gotten to know these characters and their travails on a small screen (the show ran for six seasons) are happy to spend extra money to bask in their further joys, sorrows, and anxieties writ large, on a big screen. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Sep. 2025 While specifics have not been provided for obvious reasons, producers, CBS execs, TV Academy leaders and law enforcement have been huddling the past 24 hours to cast a tighter, wider and more stringent net over the September 14th small screen gathering at the Peacock Theater. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025 The gauge cluster tucked in behind the steering wheel is digital, along with a small screen for the passenger. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for small screen

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 30 Sep. 2025.

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