1
a
: a lengthy discourse
b
: an informal piece of writing (such as a personal letter)
c
: a ranting piece of writing
2
: a strip (as of a plaster of the thickness planned for the coat) laid on as a guide
3
: a leveling device drawn over freshly poured concrete
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In her screed against the recording industry, she blamed her producer for ruining her career.
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In the play’s most critical moment, a massive screed delivered with fiery vengeance from Shmitto goes right at the falsehoods of American exceptionalism.
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David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Assailing new rules for more efficient tankless gas water heaters by 2029, Trump launched into an ostensibly broader pro-natural gas screed.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Her slur-ridden screed exemplifies exactly why the House Oversight Committee needs to pass Congresswoman Crockett's amendment to reinstate the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
His clear-eyed bluntness helped make Netflix’s Painkiller a more successful anti-Sackler screed than the more acclaimed Dopesick.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Assailing new rules for more efficient tankless gas water heaters by 2029, Trump launched into an ostensibly broader pro-natural gas screed.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Her slur-ridden screed exemplifies exactly why the House Oversight Committee needs to pass Congresswoman Crockett's amendment to reinstate the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
His clear-eyed bluntness helped make Netflix’s Painkiller a more successful anti-Sackler screed than the more acclaimed Dopesick.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Screed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screed. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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