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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Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, suggested that citizens who recorded agents with their cell phones in public be tried for stalking, a count typically brought only in domestic-violence cases.
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Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Sure, Patience is still filming with a cell phone for Val’s socials, but Jane is nowhere to be seen.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
Court documents say that investigators found information from cell phone towers about the devices that passed along the minivan's route at the time of the hit-and-run.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Up to $600 of cell phone protection against damage or theft.
—Harlan Vaughn, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
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Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Sure, Patience is still filming with a cell phone for Val’s socials, but Jane is nowhere to be seen.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
Court documents say that investigators found information from cell phone towers about the devices that passed along the minivan's route at the time of the hit-and-run.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Up to $600 of cell phone protection against damage or theft.
—Harlan Vaughn, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
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 27 Mar. 2026.
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