touch screen
noun
variants
or touchscreen
: a display screen on which the user selects options (as from a menu) by touching the screen
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Beyond driver distraction — from phones and dashboard touch screens, for instance — the CDC has pointed to the growing number of large, heavy vehicles like SUVs and to America’s penchant for complicated, high-speed roadways.
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Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
Peloton has updated its core at-home exercise machines, recently introducing the Cross Training Series Bike+, Tread+, and Row+, each featuring live and on-demand workout classes on touch screens, as well as providing accurate live data on your workouts.
—PC Magazine, 17 Nov. 2025
See for yourself about it, the touch screen and glass roof in a test drive.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
See for yourself about it, the touch screen and glass roof in a test drive.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
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Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
Peloton has updated its core at-home exercise machines, recently introducing the Cross Training Series Bike+, Tread+, and Row+, each featuring live and on-demand workout classes on touch screens, as well as providing accurate live data on your workouts.
—PC Magazine, 17 Nov. 2025
See for yourself about it, the touch screen and glass roof in a test drive.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
See for yourself about it, the touch screen and glass roof in a test drive.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Touch screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20screen. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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