portable
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A small portable air-conditioning unit using about 1kW for seven hours a night over 30 nights would cost around £54.83 in electricity alone, before buying the unit.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
He still bought a portable air conditioning unit in spring as a precaution, and is concerned about his grandparents and his father living further south in Hertfordshire.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Others, including businesses within the same strip mall, donated portable swamp coolers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The funds in an HSA are portable — meaning they stay with you no matter where you work — and can be used to pay for qualified medical expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
There was not a single item of conventional trail food—raisins or peanuts or small, portable quantities of packets or canned goods—which was a little dispiriting in a national park.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Built into a refurbished shipping container, it’s filled with everything from tiny Walkman-style portables to colorful, number-flip clock radios and, naturally, boomboxes of all sizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
“We had portables, we had really crowded classes, at one point a classroom was on a stage.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
Nintendo’s done this with portables for years, NPD analyst Mat Piscatella explains: Back in the day, Nintendo portable revisions would stabilize the demand curve and firm up ASPs.
From The Verge ● Jul. 6, 2021
The only question portables raise for me are logistical.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2020
It began to run toward the back portables, like someone had pulled the plug out of a giant bathtub.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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