pocket calculator

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Value still works, but measuring it requires more than a pocket calculator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

So, I grabbed my notebook and pocket calculator — well, smartphone calculator app — and got to work.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2021

Inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, who popularised the home computer and invented the pocket calculator, has died at his London home aged 81.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2021

He had been promised a small pocket calculator as a giveaway for subscribing to the magazine, but he never received it.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2017

"I'm afraid I don't know how else to explain it. I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?"

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl