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Examples
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Sulu felt fear's left-handed cousin start to stir inside his chest, and he pushed in front of the viewphone hastily.
The Kobayashi Maru Julia Ecklar 2000
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It was impossible to judge a person's real size over the viewphone; the camera somehow converted everyone to the same scale.
2010 Odyssey Two Clarke, Arthur C. 1982
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The viewphone had also completely failed to convey the penetrating quality of those dazzling blue eyes, much the most striking feature of a face that, at the moment, could not be fairly judged for beauty.
2010 Odyssey Two Clarke, Arthur C. 1982
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He went down to the office on the subjacent floor, wrote the count on a wall chart, eyed its perplexing upswing; then sat at his desk and flipped the viewphone switch.
A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959
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He did not wonder why Pop didn't viewphone messages instead of sending him a half-day's journey; people of their class did not use such luxuries.
Citizen Of The Galaxy Heinlein, Robert A. 1957
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