fob

Example Sentences

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It pops out when it needs to be used, either automatically through the user’s key fob or phone, or manually by pressing the handle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The doors typically don’t unlock when I approach the car until I pull out the key fob and hit the unlock button.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

If you want to stop the key fob signal altogether, you can turn off the feature, Sutter said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

Mr Heathcote agreed with the assessment, suggesting that a radio signal from a phone or car fob may have been the trigger.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

I slipped my watch chain through my waistcoat buttonhole and straightened the fob, a Romanian silver leu whose details were worn to shadows.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros