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portable

[pawr-tuh-buhl, pohr-] / ˈpɔr tə bəl, ˈpoʊr- /


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The ’80s-inspired living room is filled with vintage technology, including chunky phones, old keyboards and portable TVs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

A hard-boiled egg is something else entirely: firm, portable, reliable, tucked into lunchboxes or sliced over a salad.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

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

In the age of drones and portable antiship missiles, retaking the Strait of Hormuz would be anything but simple, but not impossible, military experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

He undid the newspapers around the package, and I saw it was our portable radio.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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