screen test

noun

: a short film sequence for assessing the ability or suitability of a person for a movie role
screen-test transitive verb

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The actress herself has talked about her ethnicity, particularly when recalling a fun story about a screen test for Anora. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 3 Mar. 2025 But most of the time, a pilot gives a potential show a screen test to determine its viability. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2025 Bowen Yang's first screen test with Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels might have been frostier than the iceberg that sank the Titanic. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024 And under the assumption that the island of Themyscira is in the Middle East, Gal did a screen test. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for screen test

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First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of screen test was in 1917

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“Screen test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screen%20test. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.

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