answering machine

I was visiting with Coach in his modest Encino condo when the phone rang and the answering machine picked up.

Mr. Hampton unsuccessfully sued Mr. Guare, Lincoln Center Theater and other parties for $100 million in damages for using incidents from his life in the play, and left death threats on Mr. Guare’s answering machine.

A telephone message left on an answering machine at Yetman’s home seeking comment was not immediately returned.

I kept the message on our answering machine for years.

"I hope you're doing OK in the heat," she had said into his answering machine that day.