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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Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number.
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
If a Gmail account hacker has taken full control, including changing your telephone number, email address, password and second authentication factor method, then all may seem lost.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Other than that, Signal – which does require a telephone number to create an account – is similar in concept to any other preferred instant messaging service smartphone users may have, including Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The story started in January 2022, when Twitter, as it was then, learned of a vulnerability through its bug bounty program that could enable an attacker to access data relating to platform users just by knowing an email address or telephone number.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
If a Gmail account hacker has taken full control, including changing your telephone number, email address, password and second authentication factor method, then all may seem lost.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Other than that, Signal – which does require a telephone number to create an account – is similar in concept to any other preferred instant messaging service smartphone users may have, including Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The story started in January 2022, when Twitter, as it was then, learned of a vulnerability through its bug bounty program that could enable an attacker to access data relating to platform users just by knowing an email address or telephone number.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Telephone number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telephone%20number. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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