screen
noun
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
have screened
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present perfectof screen.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In the UK, the BBC and ITV have screened football's global showpiece together since 1966.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Below we have screened rare earth companies for those showing a combination of projections for rapid sales growth and soaring earnings, or at least a swing to profitability, through 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025
“Many of these cardiac arrest survivors, you could have screened them every day, including 10 minutes before the collapse happens, and they would’ve passed all of our screening tests with flying colors,” Ackerman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
Japanese health workers have screened 279 people from the ship who showed symptoms or who had come into contact with the infected man.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2020
And when shame came, as it did come, the poor Marie would have screened me,—would have carried the odium herself.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various
