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

However, everything on which I try to make a phone call is anything but a mobile - a pocket calculator, a TV remote control… nothing can connect me to the present day.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2023

So, I grabbed my notebook and pocket calculator — well, smartphone calculator app — and got to work.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2021

He came to prominence in 1973 with the world’s first pocket calculator, before turning his sights and passions into transitioning the world of computers to the confines of the home.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021

"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