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portable

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


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The account is also portable, meaning if you change employers, you can take it with you.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

A small portable air-conditioning unit using about 1kW for seven hours a night over 30 nights would cost around £54.83 in electricity alone, before buying the unit.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

The comedy is still the thing in this frolicsome outdoor production, which takes place in the charming ambiance of the festival’s portable, mini-Elizabethan venue.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

“It looks like ‘chipflation’ has washed up on U.K. shores; portable device prices spiked by 22% month-on-month, the biggest monthly change since the series began in 2015,” the economist says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

“I heard there by chance, yesterday morning,” said Wemmick, “that a certain person not altogether of uncolonial pursuits, and not unpossessed of portable property,—I don’t know who it may really be,—we won’t name this person—”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Built into a refurbished shipping container, it’s filled with everything from tiny Walkman-style portables to colorful, number-flip clock radios and, naturally, boomboxes of all sizes.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

“We had portables, we had really crowded classes, at one point a classroom was on a stage.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 25, 2022

Aya Neo is a relatively young company that formed in 2020, but it’s already put out a few well-regarded portables, and the Next is its first big redesign.

From The Verge Mar. 18, 2022

The only question portables raise for me are logistical.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2020

One after another the doors of the portables opened and the teachers looked out, staring into the dense rain, trying to spot the cause of all this commotion.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor




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