screen out
To check people or things carefully and remove the ones that do not meet the right requirements.
Meanings
To exclude unsuitable candidates, applicants, or items following a formal evaluation or selection process.
"The initial interviews were designed to screen out candidates who lacked the required technical skills."
To block or prevent unwanted stimuli, noise, calls, or information from reaching someone.
"She put on headphones to screen out the noise from the open-plan office."
In medicine, to test a population in order to identify and exclude those with a particular condition or risk factor from a group.
"Blood donors are screened out if they have recently travelled to certain high-risk regions."
Common in HR, medical, academic, and security contexts. Also used figuratively (screen out distractions, screen out unwanted calls). A common and broadly useful verb phrase in professional English.
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