small screen
Americannoun
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the medium of television.
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a television set.
noun
Example Sentences
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“You show up on a really small screen — how you would show up for a FaceTime.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
But had he lived perhaps Chase would have found his place on the small screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Episodic television represents a new frontier for Cage, an actor who, despite having a fabulously eclectic body of work to his name, had not embraced the small screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
This year's Bafta Television Awards are being handed out in London, honouring the best programmes, actors and presenters on the small screen in the past 12 months.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
I can see both of us on the small screen.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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