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
In 2019, The New York Times tracked Donald Trump’s precise location for a day by obtaining cell phone location information.
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Larry Seltzer, SPIN, 25 Apr. 2024
Then two days after the first find, the fisher — using a magnetic device to retrieve metal objects from the water — pulled up more evidence: a bag holding the couple’s drivers’ licenses and credit cards, as well as a cell phone investigators believe belonged to them, per investigators.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
Sure enough, the team gets Parker’s SOS text and find his gun, badge, and cell phone at the hospital.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024
Police looked in Mitchell’s backpack and found two laptops, a cell phone, Mitchell’s personal identification documents, and tupperware.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
Seniors in other states can take advantage of an up to $10 per month discount through AARP on the cell phone provider's Unlimited Premium plan.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
The transaction ends more than a decade of filings after Grant accused Murdoch’s now-defunct Sun of tapping his cell phone, bugging his car, and breaking into his apartment around 2011.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
Searching for a workaround Michigan student Sana Schaden uses her cell phone’s hotspot to avoid school web filters altogether.
—Tara García Mathewson and Maria Puertas, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Even my budget home security system has about a $39, wifi enabled water valve that can be operated from my cell phone.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2024
Larry Seltzer, SPIN, 25 Apr. 2024
Then two days after the first find, the fisher — using a magnetic device to retrieve metal objects from the water — pulled up more evidence: a bag holding the couple’s drivers’ licenses and credit cards, as well as a cell phone investigators believe belonged to them, per investigators.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
Sure enough, the team gets Parker’s SOS text and find his gun, badge, and cell phone at the hospital.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024
Police looked in Mitchell’s backpack and found two laptops, a cell phone, Mitchell’s personal identification documents, and tupperware.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
Seniors in other states can take advantage of an up to $10 per month discount through AARP on the cell phone provider's Unlimited Premium plan.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
The transaction ends more than a decade of filings after Grant accused Murdoch’s now-defunct Sun of tapping his cell phone, bugging his car, and breaking into his apartment around 2011.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
Searching for a workaround Michigan student Sana Schaden uses her cell phone’s hotspot to avoid school web filters altogether.
—Tara García Mathewson and Maria Puertas, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Even my budget home security system has about a $39, wifi enabled water valve that can be operated from my cell phone.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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