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cellular phone

NOUN
cellular telephone
Synonyms
STRONGEST
wireless telephone
WEAK
car telephone cell phone cell telephone digital telephone field telephone satellite telephone
NOUN
mobile phone
Synonyms
WEAK
car phone cell phone cell telephone digital phone mobile telephone radiotelephone

Example Sentences

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About three out of every four people aged 10 or older -- roughly 5.9 billion individuals globally -- own a cellular phone.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

McCaw had obtained much of her fortune in a divorce settlement from her one-time Stanford University sweetheart, Craig McCaw, a Seattle-area cellular phone industry magnate who became a multibillionaire.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2023

Searchers used information from the pilot’s cellular phone carrier with assistance from the Federal Aviation Administration, Van Nuys Airport, Burbank Airport, Los Angeles International Airport and the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023

“Anyone who makes cellular phone calls from a stall in the men’s room is capable of anything.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023

As I turned the rental car onto Morrie’s street in West Newton, a quiet suburb of Boston, I had a cup of coffee in one hand and a cellular phone between my ear and shoulder.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom