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service area

British  

noun

  1. a place on a motorway providing garage services, restaurants, toilet facilities, etc

  2. the area within which a satisfactory signal can be received from a given radio transmitter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Amazon-backed robotaxi firm Zoox is quadrupling its service area in San Francisco, adding destinations in Las Vegas and preparing to launch in Austin and Miami.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Zoox will quadruple its service area in San Francisco starting this spring, expanding rides to the eastern half of the city, including the Marina District, North Beach, Chinatown and Pacific Heights neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 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

When I’d blasted it with water from the fire extinguisher, the burning plastic had simply scattered and the fire spread, and for a moment I’d been terrified—the service area was full of old wood.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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