small screen

noun

Examples of small screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web My colleague recently wrote a piece on the rise of cats on the big and small screen, and your movie’s scene-stealing feline character, Mischief, is the latest example to go along with A Quiet Place: Day One, Argylle, Ripley, and The Marvels. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024 The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame coach, who graduated with Chastain in Mitty’s class of 1986, was watching with her club players on a small screen in Oregon City, Oregon. Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024 Cirque du Soleil is taking its death-defying routines to the big and small screen. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 June 2024 The size constraints demanded a small screen; Hawkins settled on a square, 2.5-inch display, 160 pixels on each side, and a boxy shape about as thick as a deck of cards to accommodate its dense internals. Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for small screen 

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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 3 Aug. 2024.

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