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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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In 1986 Moscow concealed risks, dismissed warning signs and placed ideology above the lives of its citizens.—
Benjamin Mack-Jackson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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The home stands apart in other ways, operating entirely off the grid with solar panels concealed behind parapets and water drawn from snowmelt.—
Nick Mafi,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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The water is filtered through layers of limestone which removes iron, a mineral that can negatively affect the whiskey’s flavor.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
29 Apr. 2026
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Because in the book, Vidala is so filtered through other people’s perspectives.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 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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Both Hezbollah and Israel have have defended their attacks and claimed that the other has violated the ceasefire.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
25 Apr. 2026
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Nikola Jokic is having the worst playoff series of his career, shooting 12 for 32 and 4 for 14 from 3-point range when defended by Gobert, per ESPN.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 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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They are fixed for the life of the loan, so most borrowers are somewhat shielded from Fed moves and recent economic uncertainty.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Iran is China’s largest trading partner in the Middle East, but China’s diverse energy sources have shielded it from the heavy economic toll and energy crisis that the war has caused for other countries in East Asia.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 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 2 May. 2026.
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