prescreen
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of prescreen
Example Sentences
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U.S. officials plan to set up 100 processing centers throughout the Western Hemisphere, starting with two in Guatemala and Colombia, to prescreen migrants for refugee eligibility and other legal pathways.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
Building apps allow users to upload identification and other credentials, like their vaccine status, and offer the flexibility to add functions like health questionnaires that prescreen employees or visitors before their arrival.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Many need to prescreen and train volunteers, which is time-consuming.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2022
But message board–type websites—precursors to today’s social media—didn’t exercise such editorial control; many didn’t even prescreen users’ posts.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2019
“They just make you audition to, like, prescreen you,” Joe said.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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