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portable

[pawr-tuh-buhl, pohr-] / ˈpɔr tə bəl, ˈpoʊr- /


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These kids had fancy snacks, posters and portable speakers, while my kid was in a gray cell block staring at four concrete walls like she was about to do hard time for grand larceny.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Harp has been dubbed the "human printer" -- thanks to her role carrying a portable machine to print out documents that Trump asks for.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The account is also portable, meaning if you change employers, you can take it with you.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

But such is the scale of the heat that people are voting with their wallets - demand for portable air con units is through the roof, regardless of grants and the environment.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

He just turns up his portable radio, and starts singing.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

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

Aya Neo is a relatively young company that formed in 2020, but it’s already put out a few well-regarded portables, and the Next is its first big redesign.

From The Verge Mar. 18, 2022

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

The only question portables raise for me are logistical.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2020

Even though the buildings are called portables, I don’t think they ever get moved once they’re set down.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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