How to Use SIM in a Sentence

SIM

noun

• The best part is that there are no contracts or SIM cards required.
  — Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2023
• Just like with rental cars, airports add a convenience surcharge to things like SIM cards.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2024
• Next steps for the tool include an update to extend the service to include SIM card blocking.
  — Angelica Mari, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• For the first time since the escalation, three weeks ago, there is no Internet, and neither of my SIM cards has any service.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• The digital version of a SIM card, called eSims, is another workaround.
  — Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
• Yes, scammers can hijack your phone number through techniques called SIM swaps and port-out fraud, causing more identity-theft nightmares.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
• Like all phones, Light’s creations do require an active and compatible SIM card to operate.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
• The motion also stated that a state forensic examiner attempted to extract data from the iPhone and SIM card, but the attempts to do so were unsuccessful.
  — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2024
• Gazans with Israeli or electronic SIM cards may have cellular or internet access in certain places, such as border areas.
  — Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
• We were trained to remove our SIM cards before attending planning meetings, and police helicopters patrolled overhead day and night—a tactic to prevent us sleeping.
  — Hazlitt, 17 July 2024
• The crew was reportedly given SIM cards and burner phones without data included, but many of them don’t have anyone’s contact information.
  — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 May 2024
• The group has targeted telecommunications and business process outsourcing companies to pull off SIM swaps of phone numbers that can then be used in phishing attacks to steal data from victim systems and extort a ransom.
  — William Turton, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024