mobile phone

noun

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Many mobile phone providers and utility companies rely on NCTUE for credit checks. Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 The global phenomenon of 2016, Pokemon Go generated over $200 million in its first month and drove millions of players outdoors to hunt for virtual creatures which appeared on their mobile phone screens. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 18 Dec. 2024 The logo of OpenAI is shown on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying the photographs of Sam Altman, left, and Elon Musk, March 14, 2024. Hayden Field, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024 Some mobile phone footage shows passengers pulling each other out of the wreckage. Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mobile phone 

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mobile phone was in 1975

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“Mobile phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobile%20phone. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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