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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Its service area covers more than 2 million customers.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
In Brunner’s service area, treatment for a 10-inch DBH tree would cost roughly $800 to $1,200 per treatment, which generally is done every two years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
The company has expanded its service area in Austin over time.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
Fire service area manager Matt Jones described the flooding as "significant" and urged people to "avoid the area completely".
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
An incident later in B-block had called my bluff: I’d discovered a fire in the service area that ran down the center of the block; welders upstairs had unwittingly ignited a length of PVC pipe.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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