pocket calculator
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Value still works, but measuring it requires more than a pocket calculator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
However, everything on which I try to make a phone call is anything but a mobile - a pocket calculator, a TV remote control… nothing can connect me to the present day.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2023
In her shopping basket was a notebook, a spreadsheet and a pocket calculator.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2021
Mr. McNamee reached into a tote bag and pulled out a small pocket calculator of his own.
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
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