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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They were placed in handcuffs and put in the back of a car while FBI agents searched their home and took items such as computers, cell phones and some paper documents, according to the newspaper.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Up to $600 of cell phone protection against damage or theft.
—Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
On October 23, a Border Patrol agent with a tactical team accompanying Bovino fired a 40mm muzzle-blast chemical shell directly at the face of a Chicago protester filming with a cell phone.
—Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
Police arrested 34-year-old Bairon Hernandez Tuesday after cops released cell phone footage Rodriguez was able to shoot of his attacker from the subway tracks and offered a $3,500 reward for information leading to his capture.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Up to $600 of cell phone protection against damage or theft.
—Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
On October 23, a Border Patrol agent with a tactical team accompanying Bovino fired a 40mm muzzle-blast chemical shell directly at the face of a Chicago protester filming with a cell phone.
—Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
Police arrested 34-year-old Bairon Hernandez Tuesday after cops released cell phone footage Rodriguez was able to shoot of his attacker from the subway tracks and offered a $3,500 reward for information leading to his capture.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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