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[lap-top] / ˈlæpˌtɒp /






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Emmanuel, the overnight caregiver, watches soccer on his laptop as David sleeps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I was traveling home by train," recalls Passaleva, "and all of a sudden I was rushing against time to commandeer one of the largest telescopes in the world from my laptop."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Atomic change suggests that the soul, like the mind, can be reconfigured as gradually as we might update a laptop one key and chip at a time.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

For a large portion of the set, he took Beliebers — as his fans are known — down memory lane, sitting behind a laptop and singing along to his old music videos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

She shook her head and put the final memory stick into the laptop.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The sheriff’s office in Lee County, Fla., spent $181,784 on Axon Tasers and $103,215 for 26 laptops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

On Navarrete’s desk were two Mac laptops and another computer, all logged into immigration courts across the Southland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

He said it was not unusual to see "people's coffee flying around on tables and people struggling to type on laptops", and he had raised concerns with Southern on more than one occasion.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The cost of computer-related technology typically found in consumer products such as laptops, cell phones and routers has never been a big and growing part of household budgets — until now.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

He led Isadora back to his room, packed everything he’d found, including the two laptops in his backpack, and slung it on his shoulders.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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