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as in protected
to drive danger or attack away from
attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks
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as in concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view
bushes screened the swimming pool from passersby on the street
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as in filtered
to pass through a filter
you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities
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Recent Examples of screened
Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
The recruitment firm screened over four dozen applications, and only six candidates made it to the first round of interviews.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The film has screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London and AFI Fest.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Long story short, Chan cut the film into two parts, the first of which played as the opening film of this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival and screened today here at TIFF.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Guests with bags larger than 4 inches by 6 inches are required to be screened through X-ray machines.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Somewhere, the footage was edited to perfection before being screened for 2,500 senior partners in the audience.
—Anthony Shore, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
In subsequent years, numerous presidents screened dozens of movies each.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
The opening sequence — involving a scared little boy whose fear only accelerates during a nightmarish car ride — is a decent bellwether for the first five episodes (which is all that were screened for critics, of the eight total).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
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We’re held from late October to early November, but by then Venice, Toronto, and San Sebastián have already screened many of the best films.
—Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
The recruitment firm screened over four dozen applications, and only six candidates made it to the first round of interviews.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The film has screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London and AFI Fest.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Long story short, Chan cut the film into two parts, the first of which played as the opening film of this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival and screened today here at TIFF.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Guests with bags larger than 4 inches by 6 inches are required to be screened through X-ray machines.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Somewhere, the footage was edited to perfection before being screened for 2,500 senior partners in the audience.
—Anthony Shore, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
In subsequent years, numerous presidents screened dozens of movies each.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
The opening sequence — involving a scared little boy whose fear only accelerates during a nightmarish car ride — is a decent bellwether for the first five episodes (which is all that were screened for critics, of the eight total).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screened
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Wedged between rolling frontcountry foothills and the towering peaks of the Canadian Rockies, Kananaskis is a patchwork of parks and protected areas spanning more than 1,500 square miles of mountain wilderness west of Calgary.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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The shelter provided by walls, fencing, and other trees and shrubs serves as a windbreak and keeps new plantings more protected.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Nov. 2025
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Beyond the housing units that concealed this bloody event, a truck rumbled along the road, a basketball bounced, children squealed, the sounds foreign, from another world.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors also alleged Friday that between December 2024 and September 2025, Blain destroyed or concealed city communications that were public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act.—
Susan Gill Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Her natural beauty, radiant smile, and flawless skin remind us that true beauty doesn’t need to be filtered.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
30 Oct. 2025
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Shiki is a stylish investigative horror series, a neo-noir procedural filtered through the lens of contemporary anime.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Nature and Faith He captures Lithuania (where Drizyte grew up and where her parents still live) in the freezing winter, too, with images shot on the Curonian Spit when it’s covered in snow.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Such remediation costs may be covered by the tenant’s renter’s insurance policy, or perhaps by your own policy.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Just hours before the filing was submitted, Bovino defended his agency’s conduct in an interview with CBS News.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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United defended in an aggressive middle block similar to Crystal Palace in September.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The driver then gets out and walks toward the back end of the truck, which is obscured from the camera by the tree.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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The seafloor had once been obscured beneath a thick ice shelf, but that changed in July 2017 when the massive A68 iceberg calved from the Larsen C Ice Shelf.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Until now, people have largely been shielded from those increases by the enhanced premium tax subsidies that nearly all enrollees receive.—
Michelle Andrews,
NPR,
31 Oct. 2025
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Other critics say the family has shielded Andrew over the years, and pressure for some sort of accountability needs to continue.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Attempting to block out everything off the court and focusing on basketball seems to be a strategy filtering down from Splitter who remained guarded in his press conference after the game when asked about Billups.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Quan additionally recalled how the Inferno ship was kept secret from the cast and that the door to the set was guarded by security so the actors couldn’t sneak in.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Screened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screened. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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