answering service
Example Sentences
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That neurologist wasn’t on call, she was told by the answering service, but someone would call her back.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022
The phone for McCloskey’s campaign rang unanswered Tuesday and a message left with his law office’s answering service wasn’t immediately returned.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021
"We'll have our answering service up tomorrow," Jerry Carr replied in jest.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2021
From her home in the Philadelphia suburbs, Nin Bell works for an answering service, taking calls from people trying to reach more than 10,000 funeral homes and end-of-life companies.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2020
Eventually a company representative or answering service picked up the call.
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