widescreen

British

/ ˈwaɪdˌskriːn /

adjective

of or relating to a form of film projection or television broadcasting in which the screen has much greater width than height

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Standard equipment includes the dual-motor AWD system; Super Cruise driver assistance; 33-inch widescreen LED display with Google Built-In; and a 23-speaker AKG audio system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

He hasn’t lost the scorched-earth spirit of beefs with Drake but now puts that venom in the full widescreen scope of his life and work.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

Day’s 2015 debut album had a reverberant, widescreen, retro sound.

From New York Times • May 10, 2024

The theater at Fourth Avenue and Lenora Street originally opened in 1963, and was originally intended to showcase three-strip Cinerama technology, an immersive widescreen format that involved three simultaneous projectors.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023

And hundreds of video games, each one the size of a widescreen TV Basically, you name it, this place had it.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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