: 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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Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
An age where cable TV was the growing, modern presence, and flip phones and pagers were cutting edge.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
There’s nothing casual about finishing a lengthy book—or in Lipa and Turner’s case, a dense 400-pager.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 22 Oct. 2025
The pager operation showed that Israel was only a few inches away from Hezbollah’s femoral artery.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Israel also blew up pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah members, killing dozens of people.
—Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
An age where cable TV was the growing, modern presence, and flip phones and pagers were cutting edge.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
There’s nothing casual about finishing a lengthy book—or in Lipa and Turner’s case, a dense 400-pager.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 22 Oct. 2025
The pager operation showed that Israel was only a few inches away from Hezbollah’s femoral artery.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Pager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pager. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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