service area
noun
chiefly British
: an area next to a highway where people can stop to rest, use the bathroom, get food, etc.
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Facebook’s parent company Meta and Google invested nearly $2 billion in projects to provide renewable energy in the Tennessee Valley Authority service area, even though no government required them to do so.
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Ethan I. Thorpe, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Richland Hills will be part of the new service area, according to Trojacek.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025
Agency officials also are negotiating agreements with partner police forces that could speed responses on buses and trains across RTD’s 2,345 square-mile service area, which spans eight counties.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
Pasadena: The city northeast of downtown Los Angeles issued an alert not to drink tap water in certain parts of Pasadena Water and Power’s service area.
—Erin Mendell, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Ethan I. Thorpe, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Richland Hills will be part of the new service area, according to Trojacek.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025
Agency officials also are negotiating agreements with partner police forces that could speed responses on buses and trains across RTD’s 2,345 square-mile service area, which spans eight counties.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
Pasadena: The city northeast of downtown Los Angeles issued an alert not to drink tap water in certain parts of Pasadena Water and Power’s service area.
—Erin Mendell, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Service area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20area. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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