: one that pages
especially
: a small radio receiver that beeps, vibrates, or flashes to alert the user to an incoming message which is usually displayed on a small screen
: one having or covering a specified number or kind of pages
—used in combination
her essay was a 15-pager
Examples of pager in a Sentence
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Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 10 May 2024
At two Wichita hospitals, staffers were forced to use pen and paper and announce medical emergencies over the PA system because their pagers were down, a spokesperson representing the union covering those hospitals’ employees told The Wichita Eagle.
—John Hanna, Fortune, 10 May 2024
The post suggests Beeper would be willing to add a pager emoji to all Beeper iMessage text, such that Beeper messages would be easier for Messages users to filter out.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2023
Your pager will then keep a running total of health goals for protein or calories.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
Firefighter Stockley Hall was on his way home Monday when his pager went off, alerting him that a call had come in to the station.
—Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 19 July 2023
Things to Consider When Buying a Dog Training Collar
Type
As Nave-Powers explains, there are a few types of dog training collars, including shock collars, prongs, choke chains, slip collars, martingales, electronic collars, and pagers, like the Petrainer Dog Training Collar.
—Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
In the past, that meant experimenting with trading via pagers, creating mobile apps, and improving the company’s websites.
—Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
The big ballooning pleats and pooling hems of the ’90s signaled an indifference to the style, often serving as a place to clip one’s pager.
—Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
Noun
Among the first such teams in the country, the service employed lawyers, bioethicists and even philosophers who, like doctors on call, carried pagers alerting them to emergency ethical issues.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 10 May 2024
At two Wichita hospitals, staffers were forced to use pen and paper and announce medical emergencies over the PA system because their pagers were down, a spokesperson representing the union covering those hospitals’ employees told The Wichita Eagle.
—John Hanna, Fortune, 10 May 2024
The post suggests Beeper would be willing to add a pager emoji to all Beeper iMessage text, such that Beeper messages would be easier for Messages users to filter out.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2023
Your pager will then keep a running total of health goals for protein or calories.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
Firefighter Stockley Hall was on his way home Monday when his pager went off, alerting him that a call had come in to the station.
—Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 19 July 2023
Things to Consider When Buying a Dog Training Collar
Type
As Nave-Powers explains, there are a few types of dog training collars, including shock collars, prongs, choke chains, slip collars, martingales, electronic collars, and pagers, like the Petrainer Dog Training Collar.
—Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
In the past, that meant experimenting with trading via pagers, creating mobile apps, and improving the company’s websites.
—Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
The big ballooning pleats and pooling hems of the ’90s signaled an indifference to the style, often serving as a place to clip one’s pager.
—Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
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“Pager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pager. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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