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Discover LudwigThe phrase "adequately screen" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the process of evaluating or filtering something to ensure it meets certain standards or criteria.
Example: "We need to adequately screen all applicants to ensure they have the necessary qualifications for the position."
Alternatives: "properly evaluate" or "sufficiently filter".
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The complaint alleges that Uber failed to adequately screen Yadav, who it claims had provided "fraudulent documentation and false information".
Dr. William Kraemer, director of the human performance laboratory at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., said few people adequately screen their personal trainers.
For the second time in three years, an audit by the state comptroller's office has found that the New York City School Construction Authority failed to adequately screen companies that bid for work on construction and improvement projects.
Private jet owners are also angry that the security agency is proposing to hand security functions over to private companies, notable since the T.S.A. was created after 9/11 in part because of concerns that private companies had failed to adequately screen passengers at commercial airports.
And Scenic Hudson, an environmental group, said recently that it planned to step up its scrutiny of the proposal for the Bowline 3 station, which previously had not encountered much resistance, out of concern that its pumps for drawing in water from the Hudson may not adequately screen out fish.
With immigration and battling Isis key issues in the forthcoming presidential election, leading Republican politicians have accused the federal government of failing to adequately screen refugees and several states have tried to exert more control over who is resettled inside their borders, though immigration is a federal matter.
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On Thursday the UNHCR raised particular concerns that the asylum seekers on board had not been adequately screened.
But about half of people over 50, the recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer, are either not adequately screened or not screened at all, in part because colonoscopy is invasive, uncomfortable, expensive and time-consuming.
In another instance several days ago, a flight headed for the United States from Latin America was grounded on the runway for several hours after United States officials told the air carrier they were not satisfied that passengers had been adequately screened.
Observations in the report include: Children in the Nauru detention centre are not adequately screened for disease, resulting in the likelihood that many are carrying undiagnosed blood-borne diseases and up to 50% are carrying latent tuberculosis.
The link to China has set off concerns among critics of the Food and Drug Administration that ingredients in pet food as well as human food, which are increasingly coming from abroad, are not being adequately screened.
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