telephone number
Example Sentences
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“Don’t answer a telephone number that you don’t recognize,” Sheinbaum warned people last week.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 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
Her manager has given her the office telephone number in case she needs to clarify her hours - but she feels “a bit nervous” about calling.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 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
At police request, the press printed a telephone number, SW 5-8117, for “stricdy confidential” information that anyone might offer concerning the slaying.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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