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adjective

as in culled

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verb

past tense of screen
1
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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2
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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3
as in filtered
to pass through a filter you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities

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as in covered
to place a protective layer over screened his eyes with his hand to block the sun

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Recent Examples of screened
Adjective
The latter offers faster processing for pre-screened travelers, according to Customs and Border Protection. — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 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
No wonder the Egyptian censors have so far only allowed the film to be screened at the El Gouna Film Festival. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026 Guhle also beat Knight on the stick side, his shot from the left point screened by Josh Anderson. — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026 That same year, a version of it was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Mike Hopkins, head of Prime Video and Amazon MGM, approvingly screened it a few weeks ago. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 Her film Inheritance was screened at Gijón, São Paulo, and Venice Days (2012). — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026 Rising case rates in women under 50, new federal rules on breast density notification and the uneven rollout of 3D mammography are reshaping when and how women get screened. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Peet, who had been screened since her late 30s because of dense breast tissue and prior benign lumps, was treated with a lumpectomy and radiation and is now on tamoxifen. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026 Priority consideration will be given to films that have screened at ABFF, while the initiative will also consider independent films from outside the festival as the platform grows. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screened
  1. protected
  2. concealed
  3. filtered
  4. covered
  5. defended
  6. obscured
  7. shielded
  8. guarded
Verb
  • Shadab protected Rauf well by keeping the strike to himself and counterpunching the bowlers by hitting boundaries early in the over.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Many of the messages, however disturbing, are protected speech under the First Amendment.
    — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of protected
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  • Identities are concealed and participants often act as a group, sometimes attacking symbols of capitalism such as luxury stores.
    — Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Iran also concealed information about its past nuclear weapons activities and subsequently violated the agreement's nuclear restrictions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of concealed
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  • On September 12th, about two hundred Democrats filtered into the Amarillo Civic Center for a fund-raising dinner put on by local Party chairs.
    — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026
  • And this has filtered down not only at the state level but also at the local level.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of filtered
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  • Keep your fruit bowl covered and balcony doors closed—or risk bartering half a banana for your MacBook.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Their experiments covered micro-LED diameters ranging from 100 micrometers down to just 2 micrometers.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of covered
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  • The government of acting President Delcy Rodríguez, however, has defended the response of rescue teams.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • City officials defended the report as a routine effort to inform council members about infrastructure investments.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of defended
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  • The Barnes & Noble—a wide, flat building in gray brick—was obscured by an enormous construction crane.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • What resonated most for me, though, was witnessing conversations where depth of understanding unveiled perspectives previously obscured.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of obscured
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  • Alex Pretti’s parents say the Justice Department has stonewalled them for nine months and shielded the federal officers who fatally shot their son, a Minneapolis intensive care nurse.
    — Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Permission to enter does not mean someone qualifies for asylum or is shielded from extradition.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of shielded
Verb
  • The script has been closely guarded in the period leading up to next week’s AFM in Los Angeles in ways generally reserved for the biggest IP.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, my mother ferociously guarded her friendships with open-minded neighbors.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of guarded

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“Screened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screened. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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