mobile phone

noun

Examples of mobile phone in a Sentence

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While your mobile phone plan or home internet plan's base rate will not change, Verizon could levy fees that could still raise your bill. Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 5 Apr. 2025 On Friday, the Palestinian Red Crescent released mobile phone footage said to have been recovered from one of the slain medics. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025 By entering the Sweepstakes through use of a mobile phone, entrants acknowledge and agree that notification of winning may result in charges pursuant to the terms of entrants’ carrier’s rate plan. Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Mar. 2025 Curtis Jones’ mobile phone pinged with a text message from the Football Association early on Friday morning. James Pearce, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mobile phone

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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 13 Apr. 2025.

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