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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Her cell phone also pinged when Booker was at a beauty supply store, but Elkins was never there, Sgt.
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Christina Hall, Freep.com, 16 Aug. 2025
For example, sending an email on a school account from a personal cell phone could be monitored.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Balfour then took off with the victim’s cell phone at the Wall St. station and ran out the exit, where he was recorded leaving the station, cops said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
Every detail transports you back to a time before cell phones and 9-to-5s, all while in an intentionally timeless setting.
—Ginger Perra, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2025
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Christina Hall, Freep.com, 16 Aug. 2025
For example, sending an email on a school account from a personal cell phone could be monitored.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Balfour then took off with the victim’s cell phone at the Wall St. station and ran out the exit, where he was recorded leaving the station, cops said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
Every detail transports you back to a time before cell phones and 9-to-5s, all while in an intentionally timeless setting.
—Ginger Perra, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 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 22 Aug. 2025.
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