: 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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Caroline Frost, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2025
The symbolic device is a reference to Israel’s sophisticated September military operation in which small amounts of explosive material detonated in pagers used by hundreds of members of the U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization Hezbollah.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025
The system even works with ATA adapters (for connecting older analog phones), conferencing phones, cordless phones, and pagers.
—John Brandon, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2025
Consider how your are cultivating careers for the youngest generation - especially when managers are going the way of the pager and the fax machine.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Characters are seen carrying pagers, listening to their music on Walkman stereos, omnipresent in that era.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2025
The symbolic device is a reference to Israel’s sophisticated September military operation in which small amounts of explosive material detonated in pagers used by hundreds of members of the U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization Hezbollah.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025
The system even works with ATA adapters (for connecting older analog phones), conferencing phones, cordless phones, and pagers.
—John Brandon, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2025
Consider how your are cultivating careers for the youngest generation - especially when managers are going the way of the pager and the fax machine.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pager
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“Pager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pager. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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