portables
- plural of portable.
Example Sentences
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Built into a refurbished shipping container, it’s filled with everything from tiny Walkman-style portables to colorful, number-flip clock radios and, naturally, boomboxes of all sizes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Consider Northshore, which has a capital bond measure on the ballot that would raise $425 million, to be used for adding classroom space and alleviating overcrowding that has the district relying on 172 portables.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2022
Nintendo’s done this with portables for years, NPD analyst Mat Piscatella explains: Back in the day, Nintendo portable revisions would stabilize the demand curve and firm up ASPs.
From The Verge • Jul. 6, 2021
The only question portables raise for me are logistical.
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2020
The field of portables, of course, has been certified as a disaster area.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
