as in mobile
capable of being moved especially with ease
a portable stereo system
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Recent Examples of portable
As luck would have it, Anker also makes portable power stations, and there are two deals running as part of the Kickstarter.
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New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
Batch cooking and portable healthy snacks ensure plenty of nutrients while reducing time pressure, Basiri says.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
The carriage is packed with people carrying flags, wearing colorful costumes, and blasting music from portable speakers.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 24 Sep. 2025
Among the items taken to the clinic at Ramona Community Library were bicycles, a chainsaw, computer monitor, fan, DVD player, metal detector, mini refrigerator, coffee maker, Roomba, portable DVD player, portable stereo system, suitcase and lawn mower.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
Batch cooking and portable healthy snacks ensure plenty of nutrients while reducing time pressure, Basiri says.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
The carriage is packed with people carrying flags, wearing colorful costumes, and blasting music from portable speakers.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 24 Sep. 2025
Among the items taken to the clinic at Ramona Community Library were bicycles, a chainsaw, computer monitor, fan, DVD player, metal detector, mini refrigerator, coffee maker, Roomba, portable DVD player, portable stereo system, suitcase and lawn mower.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for portable
Adjective
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The feds never did access the contents of that mobile device.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Phoenix Children’s Hospital offers mobile health clinics that travelto shelters and disadvantaged communities, providing free medical and behavioral health care to homeless youth from birth to age 24 across the Valley.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Whereas a rival might build four huge trains, VG’s new Plaquemines campus will soon count 36 modular trains when it’s completed.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
25 Sep. 2025
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The modular architecture lets operators scale capacity by stacking more cells rather than building a single gargantuan reactor.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The barbell is a steel bar with movable clips that can be set at different points, whether your exercise uses a wide or narrow grip.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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The library books will stay, with moveable furniture and racks.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Portable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portable. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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