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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Power of the community Last week, Harvesters hosted a conference where more than 300 people from the food bank’s service area gathered.
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Reviewers in their service area praise the symmetrical speeds, no data caps and reliable performance.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
There are some 98,000 households in their two-county service area that won’t be getting payments from CalFresh, California’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 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
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Reviewers in their service area praise the symmetrical speeds, no data caps and reliable performance.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
There are some 98,000 households in their two-county service area that won’t be getting payments from CalFresh, California’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 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
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“Service area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20area. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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