pocket calculator
Example Sentences
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In her shopping basket was a notebook, a spreadsheet and a pocket calculator.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2021
Sinclair was an inventor with an impressive list of electronic products to his name, some, like his pocket calculator, were quite successful, while others, like his Sinclair C5 “electric trike” vehicle, were decidedly not.
From The Verge • Sep. 18, 2021
He had been promised a small pocket calculator as a giveaway for subscribing to the magazine, but he never received it.
From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2017
The size of the Hewlett Packard HP-35 pocket calculator suggests that in 1972 pockets were roomier than today.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2017
"I'm afraid I don't know how else to explain it. I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?"
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
