cell phone
noun
variants
or less commonly cellphone
plural cell phones also cellphones
: a portable usually cordless telephone for use in a cellular system
Examples of cell phone in a Sentence
Call me on my cell phone.
Recent Examples on the Web
Our cell phone numbers have become a very valuable marketing tool because so much of our online and purchasing behavior can be easily tied to them.
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Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2024
Plus, almost everyone nowadays has a cell phone to call 911.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 22 June 2024
According to an incident report from the sheriff's office, the student confessed to sheriff's deputies to bringing the drugs and cell phone into the jail and to having a relationship that violated jail policies with two inmates, Willie Attaway, 32, and Larkin McGowan, 33.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 21 June 2024
Prosecutors allege Walker was in communication with the juveniles via cell phone during the incident that ended with Jackson being pistol-whipped and shot three times in the back with a Beretta 9mm semiautomatic pistol.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
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Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2024
Plus, almost everyone nowadays has a cell phone to call 911.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 22 June 2024
According to an incident report from the sheriff's office, the student confessed to sheriff's deputies to bringing the drugs and cell phone into the jail and to having a relationship that violated jail policies with two inmates, Willie Attaway, 32, and Larkin McGowan, 33.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 21 June 2024
Prosecutors allege Walker was in communication with the juveniles via cell phone during the incident that ended with Jackson being pistol-whipped and shot three times in the back with a Beretta 9mm semiautomatic pistol.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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