911

[nahyn-wuhn-wuhn, nahyn-i-lev-uhn]

1. (in the United States and Canada) the telephone number used to reach emergency medical, fire, and police services.

Word History and Origins

Origin of 911¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Aurelian is a Seattle-based startup that uses generative AI to automate responses to nonemergency calls to 911 centers.

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With me in the right seat looking like Chewbacca in the asteroid field, Dave utterly thrashed the Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet assigned to us, attacking the granite-toothed switchbacks of the Andalusian hill country like he hated them.

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To the untrained eye the Turbo S might look like just another 911, one of dozens of variants with inscrutable nomenclature—GT2, Carrera 4S Cabriolet, etc.

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But this, dear friends, is The Big One: the quickest, most powerful, most versatile, most luxurious car in the 911 lineup.

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Prices for the 2026 Porsche 911 Turbo S, in coupe and cabriolet form, are about 11% higher than the 2025 models.

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