mobile phone

noun

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Hart also alleged in her suit that her employer also failed at times to pay her the minimum wage and overtime pay and that she was required to use her own mobile phone at work without reimbursement. Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025 At his old job, the one that paid him $7.3 million annually, his mobile phone buzzed with texts from morning until deep into night. Bruce Schoenfeld, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 Obviously this is a time with very strong pressures toward distraction, the mobile phone. Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 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, 20 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 30 Jan. 2025.

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mobile phone

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