screen out
verb
screened out; screening out; screens out
1
: to remove (someone or something that is not suitable for a particular purpose) from a group that is being examined
screening out job applicants who have less than three years' experience
2
: to prevent (something harmful) from passing through
lotion that screens out the sun's harmful rays
Examples of screen out in a Sentence
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That screened out background hums and consistent noise, but could never cope with dynamic audio spikes.
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Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Voting rights advocates from California to Ohio and Georgia to Alabama are under assault, as absentee ballots are threatened to be refused by the US Post Office and paper documentation such as passports and birth certificates are being used to screen out eligible voters.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
28 June 2026
Those cameras support up-and-down tilt, just like the SL3-P, but include a second hinge that swings the screen out to the side to swivel and face forward, a plus for self-recording video content.
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Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2026
Root and his wife also wanted to screen out views of their own pool and solar panels from their home along with adjacent houses, as their prior hedges and trees had done.
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Nicole Sours Larson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Voting rights advocates from California to Ohio and Georgia to Alabama are under assault, as absentee ballots are threatened to be refused by the US Post Office and paper documentation such as passports and birth certificates are being used to screen out eligible voters.
—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
28 June 2026
Those cameras support up-and-down tilt, just like the SL3-P, but include a second hinge that swings the screen out to the side to swivel and face forward, a plus for self-recording video content.
—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2026
Root and his wife also wanted to screen out views of their own pool and solar panels from their home along with adjacent houses, as their prior hedges and trees had done.
—
Nicole Sours Larson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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“Screen out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screen%20out. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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