mobile phone

noun

Examples of mobile phone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Qualcomm stock jumps on strong earnings Qualcomm stock surged more than 9% by closing time as the mobile phone chip company announced fiscal second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations. Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 2 May 2024 Earn 2,000 more points per stay plus an extra 500 points when using your mobile phone to unlock the room door using the Hilton Honors app’s digital key feature. Ramsey Qubein, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2024 But its new $99.99 mobile phone controller looks built more for the normies. Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 30 May 2024 The logo of TikTok is displayed on a mobile phone screen in front of The White House in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2024. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for mobile phone 

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Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mobile phone was in 1975

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“Mobile phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobile%20phone. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.

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mobile phone

noun

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