portable

Example Sentences

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Seven-year-old Chloe was among the first in the city to visit the portable dome structure in which a number of films about the universe are projected onto a huge cinema screen.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

But, in the age of drones and portable antiship missiles, reopening the Strait to international traffic by force would be extremely difficult in the immediate future—even for the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

If you really want to level up your potluck game, take a cue from tailgate culture: a small portable crockpot is a marvel.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

She was attending an event, along with her father, at a "major munitions factory" that produces new pistols and other "portable light arms", Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

I fix the blue latex gloves on my hands, double-checking that the Cal Stat is still hanging off the strap on my portable oxygen.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott