small screen

noun

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Fresh off her Tony win for Broadway’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Sarah Snook is returning to small screen in All Her Fault. Peacock‘s adaptation of the Andrea Mara novel will bow on Nov. 6. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025 On the handlebars, there’s a small screen which starts up by holding the on button on the top. Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 Alfie Wise, star of the big and small screen, has died Outlets report that the Smokey and the Bandit star died of natural causes in July After starring in S Club 7 in Miami, Wise retired from acting and became a real estate agent in Florida Film and television star Alfie Wise has died. Jack Smart, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025 There's something undeniably compelling about criminal behavior on the big or small screen — watching someone choose a dangerous, alternative path to find success, freedom, or a combination of both. Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for small screen

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 22 Aug. 2025.

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