telephone number
noun
: a number assigned to a telephone line for a specific phone or set of phones (as for a residence) that is used to call that phone
called also phone number
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Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number.
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Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
While data like telephone number, email address and physical location can help crack that code, patterns also show up in the physical actions bad actors take when purchasing, Jordan Shamir, Yofi’s CEO, said.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
Hotels and other tourism establishments already had to provide the authorities with the name, email and passport number of their clients but they are now required to collect much more information such as their birthday, telephone number and methods of payment as well.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune Europe, 4 Dec. 2024
The proportion of registrants with a telephone number and the mean expected response rate, based on prior Times/Siena polls, were calculated for each stratum.
—New York Times, 17 Aug. 2024
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Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
While data like telephone number, email address and physical location can help crack that code, patterns also show up in the physical actions bad actors take when purchasing, Jordan Shamir, Yofi’s CEO, said.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
Hotels and other tourism establishments already had to provide the authorities with the name, email and passport number of their clients but they are now required to collect much more information such as their birthday, telephone number and methods of payment as well.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune Europe, 4 Dec. 2024
The proportion of registrants with a telephone number and the mean expected response rate, based on prior Times/Siena polls, were calculated for each stratum.
—New York Times, 17 Aug. 2024
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“Telephone number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telephone%20number. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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