screen
noun
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
have been screening
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present perfect progressiveof screen.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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International airports in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, have been screening arriving passengers for signs of coronavirus infection since 17 January.
From Nature ● Mar. 19, 2020
Both "The Revenant" and "Anomalisa" have been screening around town the past couple of weeks and academy members received their DVD screener for "The Revenant" Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2015
“Fertile people have been screening for beauty and intelligence for years and years,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2015
“We had decades of harsh sentencing,” said Marjorie J. Peerce, a partner at Ballard Spahr in New York, whose lawyers have been screening clemency applications.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2015
The company should have been screening against TPS.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2012
