portable
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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
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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
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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