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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On Monday, the state Attorney General’s office said in court that the exchange had been contained on Gillett’s personal cell phone and had inadvertently been destroyed by an automatic deletion program.
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
The Court’s 2018 decision in Carpenter v. United States, which required warrants for long-term cell phone location tracking, has already begun to reshape digital privacy law.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Now, 14 states have active laws or executive orders that ban or restrict cell phone use in schools.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
In-person ordering is available for guests who can’t order on their cell phones, but most guests will order online at some walk-up stands and most sit-down restaurants.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 27 June 2025
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
The Court’s 2018 decision in Carpenter v. United States, which required warrants for long-term cell phone location tracking, has already begun to reshape digital privacy law.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Now, 14 states have active laws or executive orders that ban or restrict cell phone use in schools.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
In-person ordering is available for guests who can’t order on their cell phones, but most guests will order online at some walk-up stands and most sit-down restaurants.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 27 June 2025
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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