screen
noun
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Hundreds lined up before dawn for a recent 6:00 am screening of the latest release of film star Yash, who is hugely popular in India's Kannada-language cinema.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026