service area
Britishnoun
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a place on a motorway providing garage services, restaurants, toilet facilities, etc
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the area within which a satisfactory signal can be received from a given radio transmitter
Example Sentences
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Some 1.3 million people live in MLK’s South Los Angeles service area.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026
Dominion’s Virginia service area is a hub for data centers, with electricity load forecast to grow over 5% annually.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
A regular visit to monitor and treat the condition of your trees starts at around $85 to $500 per visit in his service area, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Utilities including Entergy—which operates in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas—and Dominion—with a service area spanning parts of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina—said they had storm-response teams ready to mobilize should outages occur.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
Anna May strode into the service area, sporting a turquoise linen blouse with wide-cut sleeves and a close-fitting hat with an arching brim.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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