service area
noun
chiefly British
: an area next to a highway where people can stop to rest, use the bathroom, get food, etc.
Examples of service area in a Sentence
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Evergy’s service area across Kansas and Missouri contains around 35,000 miles of power lines — and keeping trees away from them all is no easy feat.
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Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024
The West Valley Mission Community College District currently offers free tuition to students in its service area, which includes Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga and parts of San Jose.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
The rare piece, in fact, determined the shape of the service area that includes a walk-in food pantry and a mudroom that’s as beautifully finished as the elegant staircase in the center hall entrance.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
For instance, the audit states that in the 2021 and 2022 fiscal years, officers from the LAPD’s Transit Services Division (the division Metro contracts with) responded to fewer than half of the incidents or calls for service on Metro’s system in the LAPD service area.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
It’s split in two, with a service area and pantry on one side and a dining area with a breakfast bar and large picture window on the other.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
In the food service area, food employees did not wash their hands or change gloves after touching money and before handling food and clean utensils.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
So far in 2024, the National Weather Service Kansas City has issued 22 tornado warnings and 136 severe thunderstorm warnings across their service area, from eastern Kansas to eastern Missouri’s Iowa border.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
Back to the food service area, the hot holding unit needed to keep foods over 135 degrees.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2024
Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024
The West Valley Mission Community College District currently offers free tuition to students in its service area, which includes Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga and parts of San Jose.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
The rare piece, in fact, determined the shape of the service area that includes a walk-in food pantry and a mudroom that’s as beautifully finished as the elegant staircase in the center hall entrance.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
For instance, the audit states that in the 2021 and 2022 fiscal years, officers from the LAPD’s Transit Services Division (the division Metro contracts with) responded to fewer than half of the incidents or calls for service on Metro’s system in the LAPD service area.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
It’s split in two, with a service area and pantry on one side and a dining area with a breakfast bar and large picture window on the other.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
In the food service area, food employees did not wash their hands or change gloves after touching money and before handling food and clean utensils.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
So far in 2024, the National Weather Service Kansas City has issued 22 tornado warnings and 136 severe thunderstorm warnings across their service area, from eastern Kansas to eastern Missouri’s Iowa border.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
Back to the food service area, the hot holding unit needed to keep foods over 135 degrees.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2024
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“Service area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20area. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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