portable
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Meanwhile, portable phones, at first the size of bricks, were introduced in 1992.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The Dream Midtown went so far as to wheel an industrial size steamer into my room when a portable one wasn’t immediately available.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
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
We’re practicing the twist in her room, listening to a guy called Chubby Checker on Susie’s portable record player.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing portable
Vocabulary from history writings about the Triangle Factory Fire
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Latin Love, Vol I: portare
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