prescreen
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of prescreen
Example Sentences
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You can prescreen it, but who are you prescreening it to?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025
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
Online advertisements, for example, are generally done through embedding, and the website operator often does not prescreen the ads.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2018
“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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