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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Waymo announced today it received approval from California regulators to expand its service area across 18 counties, including the cities of San Diego and Sacramento.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
PacifiCorp, which Berkshire acquired in 2006 for around $5 billion, said the sale is a critical step in bolstering its financial position and simplifying its operations across its service area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
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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