How to Use burn-in in a Sentence

burn-in

1 of 2 noun
  • But the biggest surprised might be the inclusion of Alienware’s 3-year OLED burn-in warranty.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Importantly, the monitor is covered by Acer’s three-year warranty that protects against burn-in under normal circumstances.
    Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 1 July 2026
  • Each robot undergoes over 80 functional tests, including stress and burn-in exercises such as squats and jogging, to eliminate early failures.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
  • And the monitor also includes a Pulsating Heat Pipe and Dynamic Cooling System to reduce the temperature to prevent screen burn-in.
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 23 May 2026
  • However, the displays produced artifact images called burn-in and the brightness of the OLED displays degraded quickly when the displays were operated at high brightness levels when used in the daytime.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Pantone Validated ArtfulColor keeps these masterpieces looking realistic without screen burn-in.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • To double down on protection, the unit comes with a three-year warranty, including ARR (ASUS Rapid Replacement) and burn-in coverage.
    Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026
  • Built to further boost brightness and stave off burn-in, WOLED uses a four-layer primary RGB light stack (blue-green-blue-red), up from the three-layer light stack (typically blue-yellow-blue) found in traditional WOLED.
    Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026

burn in

2 of 2 verb
  • Wole’s back had burned in the sun.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • There was a fire burning in the stove.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Not even the money that burned in your room.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
  • Around a third of his summer range burned in the fire.
    Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • As plans go, my plan for the evening was now burning in flames.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
  • After eating too many, my mouth burned in pain.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Books were burning in front of my father’s house.
    Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Our son’s bed started just burning in the shape of a heart.
    Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Both did drops above the fire, which is burning in a forested area.
    Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the places that have burned in the past two weeks fit this description.
    M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Rarely have so many enormous fires burned in Europe at the same time.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • Shots were fired, and a fire continues to burn in the large complex.
    Npr Staff, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of land hasn’t been burned in our living memory.
    Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.
    The Week Uk, TheWeek, 31 May 2026
  • There were cigarette burns in the leather couches and chairs.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • What items can't be burned in Tennessee?
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
  • That is more than $24 million in cap space burned in less than 24 hours.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • One of the planes was impacted and started burning in the air.
    Greg Wehner , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
  • Grandiose art sculptures, called ninots, are built and then burned in a jaw-dropping display of fire.
    Nina Aquino, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
  • And they still got burned in ways that Dodger fans will find painfully familiar.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The map below details where the wildfires are burning in the state.
    Bianca Harris, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • The aircraft burned in 34 seconds.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • When the sun set, our windows burned in the apricot tones of the old sodium-vapor lamps.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That home, which was built in 1951, burned in the Palisades fire.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But three months shy of its opening, the restaurant burned in the Palisades fire.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Kya, who was also inside, suffered fatal burns in the blaze.
    Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • The reality is, many fires have burned in these mountains.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Hydrangeas require heavy watering and shade, and burn in hot, dry winds.
    Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Garden Fire is burning in an area of snags on very steep terrain.
    Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The medical center was not burned in the fire but several staff lost their homes.
    ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

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