Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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vb. To screen in advance for potential problems
Wikipedia
Prescreen is the process by which a lender proactively evaluates a consumer's credit history in order to decide whether or not to offer them credit. The process of prescreening consumers happens without the consumers' knowledge and without any derogatory effects on their credit file. The use of credit data for prescreen is strictly regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
Usage examples of "prescreen".
A list of prescreened guests or staff is then WAVE-d into the White House.
But she scripted the whole thing, allowing the reporters to read prescreened questions, to which Titus read prepared answers.
Since all of his events were in front of prescreened crowds and his most nakedly dishonest lines were getting the biggest applause, perhaps it was only natural that he would show his hand at the worst possible moment: at the first presidential debate.
The woman who answered prescreened her with several lengthy general questions.
In the second place, they'd all have been prescreened by Lady Sally, who didn't seem to tolerate jerks in her House.
It seemed very dishonest to do it this way, but some foreign heads of government had the question prescreened so that the answers could be properly canned.
Having worked in the ER long enough and having checked in enough prescreened patients Pitt was not self-conscious about his status.
Donahue's staff had already picked out a prescreened audience member who was liberal, highly opinionated, well-spoken, not afraid to speak her mind, rather pretty--she would be perfect to use coming out of commercial.
After all, he had experienced close contact with one of the bipeds without any prescreening whatsoever, to the detriment of neither.
After all, he had experienced close contact with one of the bipeds without any prescreening whatsoever, to the detri-ment of neither.