answering machine
noun
: a machine that receives telephone calls by playing a recorded message and usually by recording messages from callers
Examples of answering machine in a Sentence
I haven't spoken to him yet, but he left a message on my answering machine.
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But after winning just six games the next two seasons, AD Mike Garrett left a message on the coach’s answering machine informing him he was fired.
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
After the other planes crashed into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Lyles left her husband, Lorne, a voicemail on his answering machine, according to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Days later, DeGeneres left a message on his answering machine: His material was good.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
On its website, the company claims to have introduced everything from the pop-up toaster in 1930 to the telephone answering machine in 1968, among other notable rollouts.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
After the other planes crashed into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Lyles left her husband, Lorne, a voicemail on his answering machine, according to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Days later, DeGeneres left a message on his answering machine: His material was good.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
On its website, the company claims to have introduced everything from the pop-up toaster in 1930 to the telephone answering machine in 1968, among other notable rollouts.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for answering machine
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“Answering machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/answering%20machine. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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