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, 17 May 2025
If using an after-hours pickup system, request detailed instructions before flight arrival and an emergency contact telephone number, Anapliotis says.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The last active vestige of Skype is the Skype Dial Pad, which Skype subscribers and members with Skype Credits can still use to make calls to traditional telephone numbers (the Dial Pad is also incorporated into Microsoft Teams Free).
—ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
Scattered near the body were some scraps of paper bearing the telephone numbers and names of the Allison and Sharon hotels and a number of real estate offices in Miami Beach and Surfside.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
If using an after-hours pickup system, request detailed instructions before flight arrival and an emergency contact telephone number, Anapliotis says.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The last active vestige of Skype is the Skype Dial Pad, which Skype subscribers and members with Skype Credits can still use to make calls to traditional telephone numbers (the Dial Pad is also incorporated into Microsoft Teams Free).
—ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
Scattered near the body were some scraps of paper bearing the telephone numbers and names of the Allison and Sharon hotels and a number of real estate offices in Miami Beach and Surfside.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Telephone number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telephone%20number. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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