: one that pages
especially
: a small radio receiver that beeps, vibrates, or flashes to alert the user to an incoming message which is usually displayed on a small screen
: one having or covering a specified number or kind of pages
—used in combination
her essay was a 15-pager
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
The pager attack — and a similar remote detonation of walkie-talkies the next day — was part of a dramatic escalation between Hezbollah and Israel that drove thousands of civilians from their homes on both sides of the conflict.
—Noah Bressner, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Its main proxy, Hezbollah, was crippled by a pager attack on its hierarchy, and then by weeks of vicious airstrikes.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
The group was further weakened by Israel’s assassination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and 13 of its top commanders, as well as the rigging of thousands of Hezbollah pagers.
—Tovah Lazaroff, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Noun
For instance, these groups criticized Israel's pager attack on Hezbollah as being indiscriminate because a handful of civilians were unfortunately injured and killed out of the thousands of Hezbollah fighters who were effectively removed from the battlefield.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
The pager attack — and a similar remote detonation of walkie-talkies the next day — was part of a dramatic escalation between Hezbollah and Israel that drove thousands of civilians from their homes on both sides of the conflict.
—Noah Bressner, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Its main proxy, Hezbollah, was crippled by a pager attack on its hierarchy, and then by weeks of vicious airstrikes.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
The group was further weakened by Israel’s assassination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and 13 of its top commanders, as well as the rigging of thousands of Hezbollah pagers.
—Tovah Lazaroff, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Pager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pager. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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