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Examples of answering service in a Sentence
The doctor is not in the office now, but you can reach her answering service at this number if you have an emergency.
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Americans annoyed by the service economy of the Carter and Reagan years yelled at answering services.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
An answering service for patients who call when the office isn’t open.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2024
Patients affected were provided with a hotline number to call with questions and concerns, which is an answering service that asks callers to leave a name and phone number.
—Melissa Brown, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
Her clinic’s answering service called her three times while she was being diagnosed; her husband, Mike Becher, had to take away her phone.
—Oliver Whang Maddie McGarvey, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of answering service was
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“Answering service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/answering%20service. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
answering service
noun
: a commercial service that answers telephone calls for its clients
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