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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Recalling the next hour is like watching a split screen.
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Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Kenan Thompson does a similar bit over Fineman, and then a split screen brings them together; their respective monologues are funny, but the success of the sketch is really about the specific way both performers, Nwodim especially, are able to dig into their issues.
—Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
The split screen couldn’t be starker.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Rather than a video podcast look with two hosts conversing on a split screen, the new feature creates a narrated slideshow.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
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Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Kenan Thompson does a similar bit over Fineman, and then a split screen brings them together; their respective monologues are funny, but the success of the sketch is really about the specific way both performers, Nwodim especially, are able to dig into their issues.
—Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
The split screen couldn’t be starker.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Rather than a video podcast look with two hosts conversing on a split screen, the new feature creates a narrated slideshow.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for split screen
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“Split screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/split%20screen. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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