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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Livermore’s utility service area is about 28-square miles, serving a population of about 90,000 people, including water service to about 9,500 accounts.
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
This monorail system has had over $1 billion spent on it with 3 miles of service area.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The bathrooms and a service area had to be closed off and cleaned up, Cherry Creek School District spokeswoman Lauren Snell said in an email.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
On February 1st, less than two weeks into Donald Trump’s second term, Acosta Peña and López Lizano were arrested by immigration officers at a service area outside Chicago.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
This monorail system has had over $1 billion spent on it with 3 miles of service area.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The bathrooms and a service area had to be closed off and cleaned up, Cherry Creek School District spokeswoman Lauren Snell said in an email.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
On February 1st, less than two weeks into Donald Trump’s second term, Acosta Peña and López Lizano were arrested by immigration officers at a service area outside Chicago.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Service area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20area. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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