How to Use screen out in a Sentence

screen out

phrasal verb
Definition of screen outnext
  • Quartz compiled some of the strange ways AI has been shown to screen out job candidates, from the wild and weird to the erratic, the erroneous, and the blatantly biased.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 26 May 2023
  • It is usually made up of a mixture of small pieces of pine bark (usually what is screened out of the mega pine nugget product) available in bags or bulk.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2024
  • While today’s voters worry about candidates who are too old, the men who wrote the 1787 document sought to screen out those who were too young or lived abroad.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The old rules were far more restrictive in screening out gay or bisexual men.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • New York closes out about a quarter of calls, the analysis found, compared to other states that screen out about half of allegations.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • In the United States and Europe, leaders are already moving to screen out hostile foreign takeovers of sensitive firms.
    — Robin Niblett, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Dance First will screen out of competition at San Sebastian.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
  • His latest feature, The Palace, screened out of competition in Venice last year but without Polanski present.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Cartridge filters use large, cylindrical cartridges to screen out dirt.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The emails do not indicate the reasoning for screening out that allegation.
    — Tony Cook, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Hateful, neo-Nazi postings don’t trigger a report to the national database used to screen out dangerous gun buyers.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
  • Make a list of your goals for planting: extending the bloom season, attracting pollinators, adding texture, screening out views, etc.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • And Nagata's prior research has found that keeping screens out of the bedroom is a good strategy, because having a device in the bedroom was linked to trouble falling and staying asleep in preteens.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 8 June 2024
  • The law also requires businesses with 25 or more workers to enroll in the federal E-Verify program to screen out immigrants who are unauthorized to work.
    — Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
  • Even in this case, anyone who clicked would have been infected with only an early-stage tool that would screen out unintended victims, investigators said.
    — Nicola Naber, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • If vapes can’t somehow be screened out of the process, facilities may stop taking domestic recycling altogether.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 13 June 2023
  • With likely voters having largely made their minds up already and split evenly, the mood of the unlikely voter – who is intentionally screened out of most surveys by pollsters – may have an outsized impact on the 2024 election outcome.
    — David Paleologos, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That means curation is increasingly vital to screening out nonsense.
    — Charles Seife, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Although older Black Americans have twice the rate of dementia as their white peers, they were screened out of clinical trials of these drugs at a higher rate, according to interviews with 10 researchers as well as four Eisai and Lilly executives.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 31 July 2023
  • But the report found that screening out tenants based on low credit has a disproportionate impact on Black and Hispanic renters, who often have lower or insufficient credit scores due to lack of generational wealth.
    — Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2023
  • Algorithms that screen out candidates because of their disabilities.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 26 May 2023
  • Asked specifically how many recruits had been screened out, and for how many times recruiters had used new tools to scrutinize recruits' tattoos or personal histories as directed, military officials were unable to provide answers.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • This strategy includes locating plants in rural areas with little union membership, screening out hires who might be sympathetic to unions, and dividing the workforce by using temp agencies to fill a significant share of positions.
    — Stephen J. Silvia, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
  • This landmark decision effectively allowed communities to limit higher-density residential development and screen out people who could not afford to buy a home.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'screen out.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: