: one that pages
especially
: a small radio receiver that beeps, vibrates, or flashes to alert the user to an incoming message which is usually displayed on a small screen
: one having or covering a specified number or kind of pages
—used in combination
her essay was a 15-pager
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Greg Myre, NPR, 28 June 2025
The militia’s rank and file, meanwhile, was shattered first by pagers, then walkie-talkies that detonated in their hands, having been boobytrapped by Mossad.
—Karl Vick, Time, 13 June 2025
First Steps like the handoff of Fury’s pager from Avengers: Infinity War’s post-credit scene to Captain Marvel’s mid-credit scene.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
Just days before Nasrallah’s demise, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, Mossad, activated a hack attack that caused explosions of handheld pagers carried by thousands of members of Hezbollah.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
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Noun
The changes came rapidly when Israel began an offensive against Hezbollah last fall, beginning with exploding pagers that killed or wounded many group members simultaneously.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 28 June 2025
The militia’s rank and file, meanwhile, was shattered first by pagers, then walkie-talkies that detonated in their hands, having been boobytrapped by Mossad.
—Karl Vick, Time, 13 June 2025
First Steps like the handoff of Fury’s pager from Avengers: Infinity War’s post-credit scene to Captain Marvel’s mid-credit scene.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
Just days before Nasrallah’s demise, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, Mossad, activated a hack attack that caused explosions of handheld pagers carried by thousands of members of Hezbollah.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
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“Pager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pager. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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