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 has been expanding its service area in San Francisco over the last several years and has established a presence in nine other major cities, including Los Angeles and Austin.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Its service area covers more than 2 million customers.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 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
The company has expanded its service area in Austin over time.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 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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