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
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
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
The company has expanded its service area in Austin over time.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
When she came into the service area, I couldn’t contain myself.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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