portable
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The funds in an HSA are portable — meaning they stay with you no matter where you work — and can be used to pay for qualified medical expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The FDA team probed everything from Taylor’s irrigation water to portable restrooms on farms and medications provided to members of the company’s harvest crews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Mibrasa Hibachi Table Top Grill is portable, maintains a fire for hours and makes grilling skewers, vegetables and even steaks feel like part of the entertainment.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Smartphones, electric vehicles, and countless portable electronics all depend on batteries.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
In addition, they were used for applying paints and glazes, as portable drinking “cups,” and as padding for helmets.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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
“We had portables, we had really crowded classes, at one point a classroom was on a stage.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
Analogue’s first foray into portables — the company makes some great retro consoles — solves a very important problem, namely letting people play original Game Boy cartridges on a beautiful, modern screen.
From The Verge ● Jul. 15, 2021
How equipped are the portables to handle climate control?
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2020
Adam and the other two kids were too cool to have umbrellas, so they took off and ran through the rain toward their portables.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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