split screen
noun
: a film or video technique in which the frame is divided into discrete nonoverlapping images
also
: the visual composition based on this technique
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The Bannon episode looked like a split screen of styles.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere, there are split screens meant to evoke the divisions that recurred throughout de Saint Phalle’s biography.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
At a moment of record-high antisemitism in the U.S., an astonishing split screen has emerged between the Trump administration and prominent influencers that reliably spread MAGA's message.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
That split screen has galled some of Trump’s Democratic detractors.
—Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere, there are split screens meant to evoke the divisions that recurred throughout de Saint Phalle’s biography.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
At a moment of record-high antisemitism in the U.S., an astonishing split screen has emerged between the Trump administration and prominent influencers that reliably spread MAGA's message.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
That split screen has galled some of Trump’s Democratic detractors.
—Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Split screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/split%20screen. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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