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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
Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
After establishing position at the net front, Guentzel tipped a shot from the top of the zone by Charle-Edouard D’Astous over the glove of the screened Lankinen.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
The Red Wings tied it with 59 seconds left in the period on Seider's shot from near the blue line that eluded a screened Hildeby.
—CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Eva Flowe
april 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
Here’s What Experts Say Whatever your age, the most important thing is that you’re being screened.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
In March, over half of the more than 1,000 children screened by Doctors Without Borders in Chuil, a community where South Sudan's government has allowed humanitarian access to enter, were acutely malnourished.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
That version of Desert Warrior was test-screened in Las Vegas to dismal results.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
During the period when the universal birth dose recommendation was paused, the percentage of vaccinated babies born to mothers who had not been screened for hepatitis B fell from 53% to 7% — even though the recommendation to offer the vaccine at birth to those babies had not changed.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
For the entire day, movies were screened, the titles of which have been lost to time.
—Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Kempner, who has screened her film for Black and Jewish audiences, thinks the current commemorative efforts are long overdue.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
In another example, researchers screened 32 million potential solid-state battery materials in under a week.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Pavel Mintyukov then sent the puck to Mikael Granlund, who backhanded a pass to Carlson for a one-timer that got past a screened Askarov for a 2-0 Ducks lead.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
After establishing position at the net front, Guentzel tipped a shot from the top of the zone by Charle-Edouard D’Astous over the glove of the screened Lankinen.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
The Red Wings tied it with 59 seconds left in the period on Seider's shot from near the blue line that eluded a screened Hildeby.
—CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Verb
People with a family history of colon cancer cases that appeared under the age of 55 should get screened 10 years before their family member’s case appeared.
—Eva Flowe
april 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
Here’s What Experts Say Whatever your age, the most important thing is that you’re being screened.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
In March, over half of the more than 1,000 children screened by Doctors Without Borders in Chuil, a community where South Sudan's government has allowed humanitarian access to enter, were acutely malnourished.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
That version of Desert Warrior was test-screened in Las Vegas to dismal results.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
During the period when the universal birth dose recommendation was paused, the percentage of vaccinated babies born to mothers who had not been screened for hepatitis B fell from 53% to 7% — even though the recommendation to offer the vaccine at birth to those babies had not changed.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
For the entire day, movies were screened, the titles of which have been lost to time.
—Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Kempner, who has screened her film for Black and Jewish audiences, thinks the current commemorative efforts are long overdue.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
In another example, researchers screened 32 million potential solid-state battery materials in under a week.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screened
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That also means that any data those apps collect isn’t stored or protected to the same standards as actual medical records or patient files.—
Alan Henry,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Boyd and his wife founded the nonprofit Kingdom Home after a 2018 trip to Uganda in an effort to ensure Ugandan children are protected from exploitation by providing shelter, proper nutrition, career training, music lessons and medical care.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The suit further alleges that Cameron and his team concealed the truth about the inspiration behind the character’s image for years.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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The officers were responding to a Secret Service agent's report that Marx was seen near with White House complex with a firearm concealed on the right side of his body, the affidavit says.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Chappelle explained that, between sets, comedians constantly discuss their different points of view and how comedy can be filtered through different cultural lenses.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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Rain that once filtered into soil could instead run off into surrounding areas, increasing the risk of flooding and putting pressure on nearby waterways.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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The city cut funding last year to $800,000, with the remainder covered by a grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The notices accompanying the most recent launches from Plesetsk covered much longer time periods, with daily windows of up to 10 hours over up to 14 consecutive days.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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Putin has defended the restrictions as necessary for public safety.—
Zahra Ullah,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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Trump has defended the gift as a way to save tax dollars.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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That starts with its CEO Barbara Petersen, who spent decades tracking bills that obscured the public right to public information, as head of the First Amendment Foundation.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Giulia Rodighiero, the study’s lead author and an astronomer at the University of Padua in Italy, had wondered whether other large objects, perhaps obscured by their own dust, might be dwelling among JWST’s blue monsters.—
Jenna Ahart,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2026
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Many of the best moments from the Met Gala happen within the walls of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, mostly shielded from cell phones and the larger public.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
1 May 2026
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Hernandez defended her record, saying she’s cleaned up homeless encampments and shielded critical services from budget cuts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The approach could feel guarded, reducing intense emotions to abstractions, but in Llobet’s cutting delivery, even the haziest imagery feels personal and real.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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About midway through the third quarter of Game 4, James once again was guarded by an attackable defender, this time Şengün.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Screened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screened. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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