portable
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Companies could experiment with shorter workweeks while keeping pay constant and support so-called portable benefits that follow individuals rather than being tied to an employer, OpenAI suggested in its report.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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
Bristol-based start-up NPK Recovery collects urine from portable toilets during festivals and events, transforming it into fertiliser to help grass grow back on the fields afterwards.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Like Joseph, who let me borrow his portable air conditioner — and even installed it — when a heat wave hit Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
This 1940 photograph shows a woman using a portable typewriter of the time.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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Vocabulary from history writings about the Triangle Factory Fire
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Latin Love, Vol I: portare
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