beeper

noun

beep·er ˈbē-pər

: pager

specifically : one that beeps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web His study subjects carry a beeper with them for about a week. —

Cassandra Willyard, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015 Working with cinematographer Eric K. Yue, Rockwell creates a vibrantly precise portrait of New York in the 1990s, when boomboxes, beepers, pay phones and street life gave the city a vital, dangerous pulse. —

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023 Okay, a brief detour about the beeper. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021 Inez tells him she’s due to be moved to a new shelter but gives him her beeper number and vows to find him. —

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023 The book is a dialogue built around eighteen moments in the mind of a beeper-wearing recent college graduate named Melanie. —

Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023 When the beeper went off, the subjects jotted down what was going on in their minds just before. —

Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2022 Long before most of us had smart phones all but glued to our bodies, Hurlburt designed a beeper that research subjects wore in their ears and sounded randomly throughout the day. —

Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2022 Sarah tries a new, more aggressive tack, one that involves a beeper and lists and a schedule and, for the audience’s benefit at least as much as Joe’s, an audiotape explaining his situation. —

Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2022 See More

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