mobile phone

noun

Examples of mobile phone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web What works in a game played on a mobile phone might not work on AR glasses, which offer a wider field of view and don’t rely so heavily on hands to play. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024 The Life360 app can also be used to locate and ring shared Tiled items or ring a connected mobile phone, enabling families to help each other quickly locate items. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 Winfrey recalled the various investments and advancements cable companies had made over the years: namely in broadband, but also in the pay TV bundle and the landline and mobile phone businesses. Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024 First responders dug through the sand and rubble with garden tools and their bare hands, using mobile phone flashlights until the sun came up searching for survivors. Wafaa Shurafa, Mohammad Jahjouh, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mobile phone 

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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 2 Oct. 2024.

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mobile phone

noun

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