service entrance
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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She said she had gone to the service entrance, as directed, and was told by the folks at the service entrance to head back toward the lobby and use the main entrance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
I had the chance to enter the museum last week, ascending through the service entrance to meet Max Hollein, the Met’s director, and Quincy Houghton, its deputy director for exhibitions.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2020
The Black Cube agent hid in a back room, then ducked out of a service entrance while Ostrovskiy retrieved his car.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019
Some of those people are Monica’s customers, and rather than risk seeing them while she was so disheveled, she walked in through a service entrance, hood pulled down low.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2019
“Wait for it. A service entrance should be coming up in three...two...one—now.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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