screen out
Verb
Meaning
examine in order to test suitability
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You have only 30 seconds in a TV commercial. If you grab attention in the first frame with a visual surprise, you stand a better chance of holding the viewer. People screen out a lot of commercials because they open with something dull... When you advertise fire-extinguishers, open with the fire.
screen these samples
screen the job applicants
An online-screening test is also available to help screen out benign moles.
The bar exam is high public drama, intended to screen out potential competitors while convincing members of the public that the legal bar is looking after them.
It was claimed an assessment of the impact on the SAC was not done correctly due to a lack of surveys on the local bird population and that board was not entitled to screen out the possibility of significant effects on the SAC.