cellular telephone

noun

: a small telephone that people can take with them and use outside their homes : cell phone

Examples of cellular telephone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The country's two cellular telephone networks messaged people asking them to change the settings of their clocks to manual instead of automatic so the time would not change at midnight, although in many cases the time advanced anyway. Abby Sewell, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023 The country’s two cellular telephone networks sent messages to people asking them to change the settings of their clocks to manual instead of automatic in order for the time not to change at midnight, although in many cases the time advanced anyway. Abby Sewell, ajc, 26 Mar. 2023 Long, long ago, before the advent of the cellular telephone, Miss Manners declared the telephone to be a rude instrument. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023

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“Cellular telephone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellular%20telephone. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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