mobile phone

noun

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Meanwhile, nearly a quarter showed an uptick in signs of mobile phone addiction. Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 25 June 2025 In the days after the heist, several of the co-conspirators deactivated their mobile phone numbers, according to the indictment. Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025 The announcement of the new mobile phone company and service follows several real estate deals for towers and resorts in the Middle East, including a golf development in Qatar announced in April. Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025 President Trump’s sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump announced this morning that the Trump Organization is launching a mobile phone business: Trump Mobile. Cate Martel, The Hill, 16 June 2025 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 3 Jul. 2025.

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