cell phone
noun
variants
or less commonly cellphone
plural cell phones also cellphones
: a portable usually cordless telephone for use in a cellular system
Examples of cell phone in a Sentence
Call me on my cell phone.
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This comes after the judge ruled in May that evidence found during an initial search of Mangione's backpack must be suppressed, including a magazine, cell phone, passport and wallet.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 17 June 2026
That escalated into a physical struggle involving their cell phones, according to arrest records.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
More than special, Sazan looks like something out of Steven Spielberg’s imagination, an artifact that survived the Jurassic era but gets cell phone reception just fine.
—Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath in a statement on Tuesday highlighted the improvements seen in middle school reading and said it could be connected to a statewide ban on cell phone use during the school day.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 17 June 2026
That escalated into a physical struggle involving their cell phones, according to arrest records.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
More than special, Sazan looks like something out of Steven Spielberg’s imagination, an artifact that survived the Jurassic era but gets cell phone reception just fine.
—Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath in a statement on Tuesday highlighted the improvements seen in middle school reading and said it could be connected to a statewide ban on cell phone use during the school day.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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