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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Police said he gave the 2021 US Open champion a letter, which sources told BBC Sport included his name and telephone number, and took a photograph.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

Provocatively, Neon designed a simple black billboard that featured an extreme closeup of an unrecognizable Cage alongside a telephone number and release date.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025

Ellison and Straczynski didn’t meet until the late 1970s, when the latter decided to call the telephone number in one of Ellison’s books.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 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 had to ask Daddy for the telephone number, then I’d probably see him not care as he scribbled it on a scrap of paper or said with a shrug that he didn't have it.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English