mobile phone

noun

Examples of mobile phone in a Sentence

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While each episode is designed to be quick to consume on a mobile phone, together the clips weave together plotlines that can stretch the length of a feature film. Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 In July, Bloomberg News reported that the FBI seized Walter’s mobile phone and computer at a Chicago-area airport. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026 The yellow envelope contained a white Styrofoam box, a little smaller than a mobile phone box. Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Last month, Bloomberg reported that Delaware Life and Clear Spring received grand jury subpoenas earlier in the year and that the FBI executed a search warrant last year to obtain a mobile phone connected to Guggenheim. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobile phone

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First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mobile phone was in 1975

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“Mobile phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobile%20phone. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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