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

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

This past June, Waymo announced it would expand its service area to 120 square miles in Los Angeles County, with Waymos operating in Playa del Rey, Ladera Heights, Echo Park, Silver Lake and Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 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