Synonyms for handheld
hand·held

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1. hand-held, handheldadjective

   small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands

   "a hand-held computer"

   Synonyms:
   hand-held

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1. List of paraphrases for "handheld":

   hand-held, portable, handhelds, pocket-sized, laptop, pocket, handsets, handset, man-portable, notebook, hand, laptops

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1. Sarah Clark:

   Parents may believe that sparklers are a safe way for younger children to enjoy summer celebrations. But these are handheld fireworks that can reach temperatures hot enough to burn some metals, sparklers are only safe if parents enforce all safety measures and children follow them.

2. Trey Gowdy:

   If you think to that iconic picture of her on a C-17 flying to Libya -- she has sunglasses on and she has her handheld device in her hand -- we have no emails from that day. In fact, we have no emails from that trip.

3. Mike Stone:

   I don't need to transport that patient to another area of the hospital for additional imaging and exposure to additional staff and potentially patients along the way, the fact that I can bring a handheld ultrasound system that plugs into a phone into a room, do the exam I need, get the information I need, walk out and disinfect a phone and a probe — compared to wheeling in a cart with three different probes on it, doing that same exam, getting that same information... it's really night and day.

4. Michael Robb:

   This is an important study in highlighting some of the potential risks associated with media use, and specifically handheld mobile devices, what's driving the effect is very important. The negative effects may be due to screen time replacing parent-child interaction (playing, reading, talking, singing, etc.) which are critical for healthy development.

5. Joe Austerman:

   I always say to parents monitor, monitor, monitor and be engaged with your child so that he or she feels comfortable talking to you if there are problems with the handheld device.