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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The decision to install reader cameras in the Valley came after the LAPD’s Devonshire Division reported a 23% increase in burglaries across the entire service area in 2023 and a 103% increase in burglaries in neighborhoods north of Rinaldi Street. Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024 The agency plans to do up to 75 of these home repairs in its service area. La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024 Mapping that data visually into a health plan’s service area makes hotspots easy to identify where types of services will meet the most need. Emotivo Health, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 The company is also adding more of Hollywood, Chinatown, and Westwood to its service area. Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for service area 

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“Service area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20area. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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