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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This may have included one or more of the following: name, email address, telephone number, gender and/or birth date.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
That’s led to significant waiting times on the main SSA telephone number and difficulty obtaining appointments at local offices.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
And some of the technology had grown exotic with time, like the VHS cassette one woman is clutching, or the telephone number posted by whoever had (or claimed to have) some tickets to a Beastie Boys concert.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
That’s led to significant waiting times on the main SSA telephone number and difficulty obtaining appointments at local offices.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
And some of the technology had grown exotic with time, like the VHS cassette one woman is clutching, or the telephone number posted by whoever had (or claimed to have) some tickets to a Beastie Boys concert.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for telephone number
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“Telephone number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telephone%20number. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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