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- noun Plural form of
portable .
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Examples
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A nice thing about using portables is the ability to have a copy ready to go with all of your extensions, settings, bookmarks, etc. intact if you have to do a fresh O.S. install.
Customise Your Own Portable Firefox Six Pack | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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They live crammed in portables with tons of others, in highly unsanitary conditions.
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At the summit, most of the portables were a mix of Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL systems.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Pilcher said the portables could be the solution and that more space is needed, even if the portables compromise the aesthetics of the campus.
www2.wsav.com - News 2010
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At the summit, most of the portables were a mix of Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL systems.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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It lies on a street filled with idling day laborers, and operates out of worn trailers or "portables" over a decade old.
Farai Chideya: Educational Opportunity in the Age of Obama 2009
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During the peak of the Baby Boom the whole country was throwing up schools like crazy, then putting "portables" behind them to hold the overflow.
Archive 2008-02-01 James Killus 2008
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During the peak of the Baby Boom the whole country was throwing up schools like crazy, then putting "portables" behind them to hold the overflow.
Crybaby James Killus 2008
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Today’s so-called portables are still tied by an umbilical cord to the computer and a broadband connection.
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The state, as well as a number of local kindergarten advocates, have also argued Hudson won't need school additions or "portables" because existing schools already have enough classroom space for the roughly 270 kindergarteners expected to enroll this fall.
Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2009
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