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  • verb Present participle of overscreen.

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Examples

  • The fear is that this sort of hyper-awareness will lead to an overscreening of the aging male population, either because patients demand it or because doctors feel they must cover all their bases in this litigious age.

    Drug firms and doctors tout treatments for 'male menopause'; others are cautious Post 2010

  • Another issue is overscreening – testing people who won't benefit, or testing too often.

    Cancers May Be Found, Treated Too Early 2010

  • In other cases expansion through new construction has resulted in overscreening certain neighborhoods, reducing revenue from individual screens and threatening local independent theatres with extinction.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • In other cases expansion through new construction has resulted in overscreening certain neighborhoods, reducing revenue from individual screens and threatening local independent theatres with extinction.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • In other cases expansion through new construction has resulted in overscreening certain neighborhoods, reducing revenue from individual screens and threatening local independent theatres with extinction.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • In other cases expansion through new construction has resulted in overscreening certain neighborhoods, reducing revenue from individual screens and threatening local independent theatres with extinction.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • That he thinks "overscreening of travelers leads to a less effective system," is a lot more important than whether Nader thinks so.

    The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2011

  • Some of us were overscreening and overtreating because of unknowns.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ANDRÉ PICARD 2011

  • But there is mounting evidence that overscreening in the general population can lead to anxiety-provoking false positives a diagnosis of cancer when there is none and even unnecessary surgery.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • "You end up overscreening, overmanaging and overtreating women who are not actually at risk of getting cervical cancer."

    NYT > Home Page By REUTERS 2011

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