portable
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The report revealed the spy agency now estimates there are "thousands" of memory cards, hard drives and other portable media items it can neither find nor account for.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
In one era, people sought out bookstores; in another, they’re looking for headphones and portable chargers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Measuring just centimeters across, the device could be incorporated into portable electronics and wearable health technology.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Residents first spotted the fire approaching their village in Bangka Belitung province on Saturday and tried to put it out themselves with portable water pumps.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
That’s what he was doing now, as he listened to his Red Hot Chili Peppers CD on his portable stereo.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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
Like Northshore, the Lake Washington district — which has grown by 31% since 2008 — also wants to build classrooms and reduce its use of portables.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
Nintendo’s done this with portables for years, NPD analyst Mat Piscatella explains: Back in the day, Nintendo portable revisions would stabilize the demand curve and firm up ASPs.
From The Verge ● Jul. 6, 2021
The whole school will be in portables until the renovations are completed.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2020
Then every seventh and eighth grader started to pour out of those portables, some still calm, some panicking.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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