telephone number
Britishnoun
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a set of figures identifying the telephone of a particular subscriber, and used in making connections to that telephone
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(plural) extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
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Jeanne de Montagnac, 29, stood by her husband and two-year-old daughter, perched on his shoulders with a telephone number scribbled in biro pen on her arm.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
He didn’t have a telephone number, so I was just waiting for eight hours in front of his door until he came home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
“Don’t answer a telephone number that you don’t recognize,” Sheinbaum warned people last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
When questioned he had initially given a false name of John Lesley, but provided his real telephone number and police were able to ascertain his true identity.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
Finally, in October 1941, she and a friend named Nina found the telephone number of a high-ranking air force officer at his Moscow headquarters.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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