1
a
: a lengthy discourse
b
: an informal piece of writing (such as a personal letter)
c
: a ranting piece of writing
2
: a strip (as of a plaster of the thickness planned for the coat) laid on as a guide
3
: a leveling device drawn over freshly poured concrete
Examples of screed in a Sentence
In her screed against the recording industry, she blamed her producer for ruining her career.
Recent Examples on the Web
There are also oddly personal posts about Bell’s wife, Amy, and long, existential screeds about the challenges of running your own business, all written by the hacker.
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Jordan P. Hickey, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
Ackman’s screed is far from the first attack on DEI in recent years.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
The decision by social media platforms to banish him after the Jan. 6 riot has meant that his all-capital-letters screeds are now confined to his Truth Social website.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
The film is hardly an anti-technology screed, however, and observes 21st-century adolescent life — which, yes, largely revolves around phones — with uncommon sensitivity.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
Opponents have dismissed it as a screed, but much of it is a recitation of unexceptionable (and often boilerplate) arguments against wokeness.
—Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024
Lear, who was raised in a Jewish household and received a bar mitzvah, was deeply troubled by Coughlin’s racist propaganda and screeds against the Jewish people.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
But despite the sharp knife of injustice, Bushman is no angry screed or dispirited lament.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
Ford Motor Company’s founder, Henry Ford, was a notorious antisemite who published various antisemitic screeds, including against Jewish filmmakers, in his newspaper, the Dearborn Independent.
—Emily Tamkin, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
Jordan P. Hickey, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
Ackman’s screed is far from the first attack on DEI in recent years.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
The decision by social media platforms to banish him after the Jan. 6 riot has meant that his all-capital-letters screeds are now confined to his Truth Social website.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
The film is hardly an anti-technology screed, however, and observes 21st-century adolescent life — which, yes, largely revolves around phones — with uncommon sensitivity.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
Opponents have dismissed it as a screed, but much of it is a recitation of unexceptionable (and often boilerplate) arguments against wokeness.
—Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024
Lear, who was raised in a Jewish household and received a bar mitzvah, was deeply troubled by Coughlin’s racist propaganda and screeds against the Jewish people.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
But despite the sharp knife of injustice, Bushman is no angry screed or dispirited lament.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
Ford Motor Company’s founder, Henry Ford, was a notorious antisemite who published various antisemitic screeds, including against Jewish filmmakers, in his newspaper, the Dearborn Independent.
—Emily Tamkin, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
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“Screed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screed. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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