small screen

noun

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Variety has learned exclusively that Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby will star as the elder Dursleys in the upcoming small screen adaptation of the J.K. Rowling book series. Joe Otterson, Variety, 9 June 2025 Big screen, small screen, all the medium-size screens. Danielle Pergament, Allure, 22 May 2025 Querer was awarded one of Europe’s biggest small screen prizes at a time when raw creativity feels under threat, with non-commercial projects harder to get off the ground than ever. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025 Conveniently dovetailing into some of the notions offered this weekend to Trump at Mar-a-Lago by Oscar-winner Voight and his team, Newsom’s pitch of a national tax incentive for big screen and small screen production is clearly aimed to appeal to Trump’s bigger-is-better inclinations. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for small screen

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of small screen was in 1944

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“Small screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20screen. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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