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verb

past tense of screen
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as in filtered
to pass through a filter you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities

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as in covered
to place a protective layer over screened his eyes with his hand to block the sun

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Recent Examples of screened
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Buckley said that regardless, the findings should pave the way for further research into who should and shouldn’t be screened for an iron deficiency. Lauryn Higgins, Health, 4 Oct. 2024 If international rights are off the table before a film is even made (let alone screened), truly global distributors — like Netflix — may remove themselves from the bidding process. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024 More than half of the participants with an iron deficiency did not have a medical reason to be regularly screened and likely would not have been screened outside of the study. Lauryn Higgins, Health, 4 Oct. 2024 Despite this, 80% of people ages 45-49 are not getting screened. Daryl Austin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 The pool included people who wouldn’t usually be screened for an iron deficiency, like those without heart failure, chronic kidney disease, or anemia—when the body doesn’t have enough red blood cells to carry oxygen to tissues. Lauryn Higgins, Health, 4 Oct. 2024 This is secondary to women advocating more forcefully for themselves and getting screened regularly. Abc News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024 And that same technology can also detect other diseases like lung cancer, enabling patients to be screened for multiple diseases at once, reducing medical visits and, in some instances, providing early detection that otherwise would have gone unnoticed. Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 But cheaper, less invasive methods, such as stool and blood tests, are important ways of getting more people screened. Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screened
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  • Give these employees protected time each week to experiment with AI tools and develop new workflows.
    Tom Lawrence, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Forbes is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • Joaquin Phoenix’s homes are as concealed as his private life.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Hussein Al Bashir, a representative of Palestinian group Fatah, was killed the following month in Cyprus by a bomb concealed in his hotel bed.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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  • Physical evidence that ice sheets covered the interior of continents in warm equatorial regions had eluded scientists – until now.
    Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • No significant changes in internal controls over financial reporting were noted during the period covered by the report.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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  • The show's creator, Ryan Murphy, defended the series and said he was used to writing about provocative and controversial subjects.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Chinese government has refuted the claims as lies and defended its practice and policy in Xinjiang as fighting terror and ensuring stability.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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  • Certainly, many a prejudiced lender can hide behind this data black hole, but some more positive trends are also obscured.
    Michael del Castillo, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Only from inside that path is the sun entirely obscured by the moon's shadow for a few minutes.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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  • In this enigmatic world, 39 women and one young girl are kept in an underground room guarded by armed men.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Some people may be guarded and hesitant to share.
    Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
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  • If so, keep in mind that this is happening to remind you of your adaptability and the natural inclination to take action that’s been suppressed for far too long.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The court rebuffed arguments that prosecutors suppressed evidence of a batch of ammunition, some of which matched the bullets found on the set of the production.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024

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