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cell phone

[sel-fohn] / ˈsɛlˌfoʊn /




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The Texas Tribune is seeking any footage — cell phone video or other Instagram photos or posts — as well as tips related to the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on July 7, 2025.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2026

Once-dominant cell phone maker Nokia was 60% of Finland’s market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"If we can do that, maybe someday we could do quantum computing in a cell phone," Pan says with a smile.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Investigators connected O’Donnell to the crime and O’Donnell to Julie Harding using cell phone data.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

But something I couldn’t see or understand was holding me together so that I didn’t completely break and stop working, like my cell phone at the beginning of summer.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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