telephone number
noun
: a number assigned to a telephone line for a specific phone or set of phones (as for a residence) that is used to call that phone
called also phone number
Examples of telephone number in a Sentence
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Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number.
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Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Everybody over there should know that the telephone number is 1-202-456-1414.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Avoid anyone who doesn’t have a business address or telephone number and only operates virtually.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
Another registration requirement that the bill sets is that property owners must designate someone to be available 24 hours, seven days a week to answer and respond to any complaints or emergencies at the vacation rental, and there must be a telephone number provided to contact this person.
—Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
Provide your contact details (telephone number, email address, website address and physical address) in the footer of every page of the proposal.
—Florence Chikezie, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Then in 1879, Detroit became the first city to assign individual telephone numbers, decades ahead of many other big cities like New York and London.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
Calls to the telephone numbers listed in public records for the employee named in the police report went unreturned Monday.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2024
Bat excavators are kind of a breed in and of themselves and this one’s business card only had a telephone number.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Everybody over there should know that the telephone number is 1-202-456-1414.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Avoid anyone who doesn’t have a business address or telephone number and only operates virtually.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
Another registration requirement that the bill sets is that property owners must designate someone to be available 24 hours, seven days a week to answer and respond to any complaints or emergencies at the vacation rental, and there must be a telephone number provided to contact this person.
—Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
Provide your contact details (telephone number, email address, website address and physical address) in the footer of every page of the proposal.
—Florence Chikezie, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Then in 1879, Detroit became the first city to assign individual telephone numbers, decades ahead of many other big cities like New York and London.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
Calls to the telephone numbers listed in public records for the employee named in the police report went unreturned Monday.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2024
Bat excavators are kind of a breed in and of themselves and this one’s business card only had a telephone number.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Telephone number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telephone%20number. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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