country code
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Throughout this year's hot weather national park wardens have urged visitors to follow the country code by closing gates, taking their litter away with them and reducing the risks of wildfires.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
But in the Uganda case, the targeted State Department employees were using iPhones registered with foreign telephone numbers, said two of the sources, without the U.S. country code.
From Reuters ● Dec. 3, 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 Agnes H. Morton
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