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portable

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


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A hard-boiled egg is something else entirely: firm, portable, reliable, tucked into lunchboxes or sliced over a salad.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Bristol-based start-up NPK Recovery collects urine from portable toilets during festivals and events, transforming it into fertiliser to help grass grow back on the fields afterwards.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Her spend: about $1,300 for full sets of albums, posters, T-shirts, hoodies and a portable table emblazoned with the BTS logo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

She was attending an event, along with her father, at a "major munitions factory" that produces new pistols and other "portable light arms", Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

“Every man’s business,” said Wemmick, rather reproachfully towards me, “is portable property.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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