pocket calculator
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
In her shopping basket was a notebook, a spreadsheet and a pocket calculator.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2021
Inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, who popularised the home computer and invented the pocket calculator, has died at his London home aged 81.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2021
He had been promised a small pocket calculator as a giveaway for subscribing to the magazine, but he never received it.
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
