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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After her romance author character Carol caused Zosia (Karolina Wydra) to have a heart attack while drugging her in attempt to extract information on how to defeat the Others, the hive deserts her in Albuquerque with nothing but the answering service to help her.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Zuckerman is a celebrity who needs an answering service and an armed limo driver.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
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
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Zuckerman is a celebrity who needs an answering service and an armed limo driver.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for answering service
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“Answering service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/answering%20service. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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