: 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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Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
In 2006, Posey headlined two very different indie features in which she was subjected to performing orgasmic pleasure thanks to vibrating accessories in her underwear—a pager in The Oh in Ohio and a cell phone in Fay Grim.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
Trusting their son was safe somewhere away from his pager, Angelo and Cathy enjoyed the rest of their trip.
—Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 22 July 2024
In addition to the unprecedented abilities afforded by the Electronic Messaging System, computers courtesy of IBM, pagers courtesy of Motorola and the Olympic Message System, also from IBM, allowed communication at the Games to run smoothly in other ways.
—Michael Lindemann, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
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Noun
In the 2010 Supreme Court case of the City of Ontario vs. Quon, for example, the high court ruled in favor of a police chief who searched text transcripts sent from an employee’s work pager after suspecting that the employee had violated rules and was using the pager mostly for personal messages.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
In 2006, Posey headlined two very different indie features in which she was subjected to performing orgasmic pleasure thanks to vibrating accessories in her underwear—a pager in The Oh in Ohio and a cell phone in Fay Grim.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
Trusting their son was safe somewhere away from his pager, Angelo and Cathy enjoyed the rest of their trip.
—Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 22 July 2024
In addition to the unprecedented abilities afforded by the Electronic Messaging System, computers courtesy of IBM, pagers courtesy of Motorola and the Olympic Message System, also from IBM, allowed communication at the Games to run smoothly in other ways.
—Michael Lindemann, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
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“Pager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pager. Accessed 9 Sep. 2024.
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