screen
noun
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
are screening
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present progressiveof screen.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Places more used to holding gigs, like SWG3 in Glasgow and the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen, are screening watch parties of matches.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
‘People are screening for financial compatibility in the same way that I think previous generations screened for religion or politics.’
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
In some districts, prosecutors are screening those suspected of a violent crime for potential involvement in pandemic fraud schemes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
Businesses are screening prospective job candidates with tech-assisted cognitive and personality tests, deploying wearable technology to monitor brain activity on the job and using artificial intelligence to make decisions about hiring, promoting and firing people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
From the crowd some intervening pine-trees now our band are screening, Yet they shout, their praises meaning for the quacks we leave below.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
