country code
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Anyone with a cellphone number using Greenland's country code can access the gift, which Young said is renewable "as long as you are in Greenland."
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Young’s team will need cellphone numbers with the Greenland country code: 299.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
The comments came as Japanese businesses and public facilities continued to receive harassment calls from phone numbers with the +86 Chinese country code, with many reporting callers complaining of the Fukushima water release.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
The person familiar with NSO operations told The Post that phone numbers with the U.K. country code of +44 have been blocked from searches by foreign governments since August 2020.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021
We are accustomed to call such a code a country code, because of its almost universal following in small towns and villages.
From Etiquette by Morton, Agnes H.
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