service line

noun

: a line marked on a court in various games (such as handball or tennis) parallel to the front wall or to the net to mark a boundary of the service area or service court

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For Zander Abbott, president and CEO of Northfield Hospital and Clinics, service line closures at other rural hospitals in the area will result in higher demand at remaining facilities. Dené K. Dryden, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025 Nationally, there is an effort to inventory and replace lead service lines as part of the Safe Drinking Water Act—Lead and Copper Rule Improvements. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 And with Canadian National Railway (CN) recently teaming with CSX on an intermodal service line between Nashville and Vancouver, CN CEO Tracy Robinson said interline partnerships are a better alternative than mergers. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025 Further, the platform needs to orchestrate these deep clinical AI algorithms seamlessly in existing Radiology and service line workflows. Amit S Phadnis, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for service line

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of service line was in 1875

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“Service line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20line. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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