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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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
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 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
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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