AdjectivePortable devices such as MP3 players are becoming increasingly popular.
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Adjective
About fifteen hundred portable toilets had been set up, a cleaner named Sandra O’Brien, from Essex, told me. Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022 Along the queue route, 500 portable toilets have been installed, while a wristband system is in operation allowing people to leave the line to get food and drink and not lose their place.WIRED, 18 Sep. 2022 Water fountains and 500 portable toilets were available, as were 40 adult scouts and a group of multifaith pastors. Max Colchester, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 But the bathroom breaks and food or drink questions had ordinary answers (portable toilets and snack or coffee kiosks). Richard Morgan, Town & Country, 15 Sep. 2022 There will be police, stewards, first aid crews, and more than 1,000 volunteers to assist people in the line, along with portable toilets, and adjoining venues providing food around the clock, The Guardian reports. Devika Rao, The Week, 14 Sep. 2022 The beginning of the line is sandwiched between a small coffee shop that overlooks the River Thames and several portable toilets, about half a mile from Westminster Hall. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022 For at least the third time in a dozen years, portable toilets are parked outside the ornate Mississippi Capitol because Jackson’s water system is in crisis. Emily Wagster Pettus, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2022 On the other hand, Gotta Go Site Service Rentals, which rents mobile facilities like portable toilets and hand-washing stations, has seen demand surge, the owner, Lauren McGraw, told ABC News. Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2022
Noun
Apple touts its new notebooks as delivering the power of high-powered PC desktops in a portable. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021 While there appeared to be strict COVID-19 rules inside the classroom, both students said that there appeared to be no rules inside the small portable, where a masked staff member was present.Fox News, 28 Sep. 2021 It’s an upscale portable oven that’s about a fourth the size of a standard wall oven. Scott Kramer, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021 But in the reveal of the new product there was a lot of detail, and one of these referred to the company’s previous portable, the Sonos Move. David Phelan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021 And a device that portable is easy to lose, giving ne’er-do-wells free reign over your information. Whitson Gordon, Wired, 20 Aug. 2020 Since then, Sony's PSP and Vita portables stand out for using expensive and cumbersome proprietary memory card formats. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2020 Bose SoundLink Color II portable Bluetooth speaker for $99 at Amazon and B&H (normally $129). Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 7 May 2020 Bose SoundLink Color II portable Bluetooth speaker for $99 at Amazon and B&H (normally $129). Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin portabilis, from Latin portare to carry — more at fare