service area
noun
chiefly British
: an area next to a highway where people can stop to rest, use the bathroom, get food, etc.
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Riders can pay for their trips using credit cards or mobile wallets scanned into panels adjacent to drivers on 952 RTD buses and at 235 train and bus stations across the district’s 2,342-square-mile metro Denver service area, which spans eight counties.
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Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
Health inspectors closed the Sacramento supermarket’s food service area after finding at least 48 cockroaches in various areas of the facility, including roaches crawling on walls and floors.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images Riders given an opportunity to use the robotaxi will be able to take trips in its service area, which is currently the South of Market (SoMa), the Mission District and the Design District.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
Ada County’s two largest cities disagree on whether to split the ACHD’s service area, and each supports the proposal that will see new buildings in their jurisdiction cost less.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 10 Nov. 2025
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Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
Health inspectors closed the Sacramento supermarket’s food service area after finding at least 48 cockroaches in various areas of the facility, including roaches crawling on walls and floors.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images Riders given an opportunity to use the robotaxi will be able to take trips in its service area, which is currently the South of Market (SoMa), the Mission District and the Design District.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
Ada County’s two largest cities disagree on whether to split the ACHD’s service area, and each supports the proposal that will see new buildings in their jurisdiction cost less.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Service area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20area. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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