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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The command hub is kept movie-theater dark so the operators, known as dispatchers, can better study the wall-to-wall screens showing the movement of electricity across the service area.
The company also expanded its service area in Northern California to more than 260 square miles.
From Los Angeles Times
The company has expanded its service area in Austin over time.
From Barron's
Fire service area manager Matt Jones described the flooding as "significant" and urged people to "avoid the area completely".
From BBC
Waymo, which has offered rides in Los Angeles since November, expanded its service area in the city and in San Francisco this summer.
From Los Angeles Times
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