cellular telephone
noun
: a small telephone that people can take with them and use outside their homes : cell phone
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Overall, 96 percent of respondents were reached on a cellular telephone.
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New York Times, 17 Aug. 2024
Johanna Grace, 34, pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to providing marijuana and a cellular telephone to an inmate at the Waukesha County Jail.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
The country's two cellular telephone networks messaged people asking them to change the settings of their clocks to manual instead of automatic so the time would not change at midnight, although in many cases the time advanced anyway.
—Abby Sewell, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
The country’s two cellular telephone networks sent messages to people asking them to change the settings of their clocks to manual instead of automatic in order for the time not to change at midnight, although in many cases the time advanced anyway.
—Abby Sewell, ajc, 26 Mar. 2023
Long, long ago, before the advent of the cellular telephone, Miss Manners declared the telephone to be a rude instrument.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
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New York Times, 17 Aug. 2024
Johanna Grace, 34, pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to providing marijuana and a cellular telephone to an inmate at the Waukesha County Jail.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
The country's two cellular telephone networks messaged people asking them to change the settings of their clocks to manual instead of automatic so the time would not change at midnight, although in many cases the time advanced anyway.
—Abby Sewell, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
The country’s two cellular telephone networks sent messages to people asking them to change the settings of their clocks to manual instead of automatic in order for the time not to change at midnight, although in many cases the time advanced anyway.
—Abby Sewell, ajc, 26 Mar. 2023
Long, long ago, before the advent of the cellular telephone, Miss Manners declared the telephone to be a rude instrument.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
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“Cellular telephone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellular%20telephone. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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