service area

noun

chiefly British
: an area next to a highway where people can stop to rest, use the bathroom, get food, etc.

Examples of service area in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While meeting the needs of modern shoppers in this critical customer service area, unified returns and exchanges in stores help retailers reduce business and environmental costs by minimizing the shipping of returns, too. Tony Dipaolo, Sourcing Journal, 2 Aug. 2024 In Pacific Gas & Electric’s vast service area, home to 40% of all Californians, electric car purchases are moving twice as fast as the buildout of charging stations, said Lydia Krefta, the utility’s director of clean energy transportation. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024 The utility’s service area includes the largest data center market in the world in Loudoun County, less than 100 miles north of the plant. Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2024 Qantas Onboard comforts There are 42 business class seats onboard this aircraft, in a 1-2-1 configuration, with rows separated by a crew service area. Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for service area 

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“Service area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20area. Accessed 23 Sep. 2024.

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