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  "claim": "91% of U.S. adults own a smartphone (Pew, 2025)",
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  "confidence": "high",
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  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "Mobile Fact Sheet",
    "year": "2025"
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  "quote": "The vast majority of Americans – 98% – now own a cellphone of some kind. About nine-in-ten (91%) own a smartphone, up from just 35% in the Center's first survey of smartphone ownership conducted in 2011.",
  "method": "Pew Research Center NPORS survey of 5,022 U.S. adults, Feb. 5–June 18, 2025; address-based sample, web/mail/phone, weighted to the U.S. adult population.",
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  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Pew Research Center's 2025 survey found 91% of U.S. adults own a smartphone and 98% own some kind of cellphone.",
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    {
      "title": "Pew Research Center — Mobile Fact Sheet",
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  "as_of": "Survey fielded Feb. 5–June 18, 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
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  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
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