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
Example Sentences
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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
People have contacted the service roughly 25 million times since July 2022, when the previous 10-digit telephone number officially converted to the shorter and more memorable 988.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
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
Ellison and Straczynski didn’t meet until the late 1970s, when the latter decided to call the telephone number in one of Ellison’s books.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024
He pulls a tiny scrap of paper from a pants pocket with the telephone number of his uncle Marcos in Florida.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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