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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Thomas Schelling — writing long before cell phones and text messages — imagined an example where traveling companions in an unfamiliar city get separated.
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Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
Barzilay predicts that in many low-income countries AI will soon be integrated into health systems similar to how much of Africa skipped over landlines and went straight to cell phones.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
According to the scientists at Mexico’s Center for Advanced Materials Research (CIMAV), who designed the prototype, such conditions would likely ignite the lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries used in cell phones and electric vehicles (EVs).
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
If a scammer has control of your cell phone number, contact your service provider.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
Barzilay predicts that in many low-income countries AI will soon be integrated into health systems similar to how much of Africa skipped over landlines and went straight to cell phones.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
According to the scientists at Mexico’s Center for Advanced Materials Research (CIMAV), who designed the prototype, such conditions would likely ignite the lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries used in cell phones and electric vehicles (EVs).
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
If a scammer has control of your cell phone number, contact your service provider.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cell phone
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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