mobile phone

noun

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According to a Wall Street Journal report from the time, Wiles believed someone had gained access to the contacts in her personal mobile phone. Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 9 July 2025 From his home in Del Mar, Calif., the inventor of the mobile phone, now 96, watches all of this. Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025 Meanwhile, nearly a quarter showed an uptick in signs of mobile phone addiction. Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 25 June 2025 In the days after the heist, several of the co-conspirators deactivated their mobile phone numbers, according to the indictment. Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mobile phone

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First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mobile phone was in 1975

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“Mobile phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobile%20phone. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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