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cellphone

British  
/ ˈsɛlˌfəʊn /

noun

  1. In full: cellular telephone. a portable telephone operated by cellular radio

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Vlasenko ripped it open to find some kind of harness, along with instructions written on paper and recorded on a cellphone video.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Matthew O’Brien told jurors that surveillance images, cellphone location records and fire science would establish that Rinderknecht intentionally ignited brush on a Pacific Palisades hillside in the first minutes of New Year’s Day 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

He also questioned investigators’ failure to obtain Verizon cellphone records before they became unavailable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

He was accused of hitting the American’s cellphone as it was recording.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

She reaches behind her for her own cellphone.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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