cell phone
noun
variants
or less commonly cellphone
plural cell phones also cellphones
: a portable usually cordless telephone for use in a cellular system
Examples of cell phone in a Sentence
Call me on my cell phone.
Recent Examples on the Web
All driven by social media, of course, even though Joe himself wouldn’t dream of carrying a cell phone.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 May 2026
Right here on my waist is a cell phone.
—Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 20 May 2026
In a recent package of studies, commissioned by the World Health Organization, two reviews found very little evidence that high cell phone exposure leads to cancer.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 20 May 2026
Meanwhile, a growing number of countries are adopting spyware to hack into cell phones, even as regulatory frameworks have not been updated.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 19 May 2026
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 May 2026
Right here on my waist is a cell phone.
—Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 20 May 2026
In a recent package of studies, commissioned by the World Health Organization, two reviews found very little evidence that high cell phone exposure leads to cancer.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 20 May 2026
Meanwhile, a growing number of countries are adopting spyware to hack into cell phones, even as regulatory frameworks have not been updated.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 19 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for cell phone
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“Cell phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cell%20phone. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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