telephone number

NOUN

assigned number for telephone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

phone number

WEAK

800 number cell phone number fax number

Example Sentences

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People have contacted the service roughly 25 million times since July 2022, when the previous 10-digit telephone number officially converted to the shorter and more memorable 988.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“Don’t answer a telephone number that you don’t recognize,” Sheinbaum warned people last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

This is when someone fraudulently gets a mobile phone carrier to apply an existing telephone number to a new Sim card.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

Her interviews with people in early-stage trials suggest they’re pleased to have a direct telephone number for a research nurse, for example.

From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024

I wanted him to give me a telephone number that I could use to call God directly and get the straight scoop.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers