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portability

[pawr-tuh-bil-i-tee, pohr-] / ˌpɔr təˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌpoʊr- /


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The new menu item comes in a “handheld format designed to deliver the portability and satisfaction guests crave,” according to a press release on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The Galaxy Z TriFold delivers the “perfect balance between portability, premium performance and productivity all in one device,” said Samsung co-CEO Roh Tae-moon, who heads the firm’s consumer electronics division.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Designed for life on the go, these devices combine portability with more control over your experience.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

And with number portability — the ability to keep your phone number even when you change phone companies — area codes are losing their place as geographic symbols.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Now saw each rod into four pieces of 15 in. long, or, for greater strength, but less portability, into three 20 in. pieces.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu