area code
noun
: a usually 3-digit number that identifies a particular telephone service area in a country (such as the U.S. or Canada)
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The 837 area code will only be issued for new phone numbers in the region currently served by the 530 area code.
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Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
Some of the food and drink items are discounted or offered for $3.13, a great deal that honors Detroit's area code.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
That Wednesday morning, Quinn received the text message from an unknown number with a 213 area code who claimed to be an elderly woman named Connie, KTLA 5 reported.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Verizon warns that some group texts may show messages from a 588 area code number until the shutdown, but this just means one of a group chat's participants has left the chat.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
Some of the food and drink items are discounted or offered for $3.13, a great deal that honors Detroit's area code.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
That Wednesday morning, Quinn received the text message from an unknown number with a 213 area code who claimed to be an elderly woman named Connie, KTLA 5 reported.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Verizon warns that some group texts may show messages from a 588 area code number until the shutdown, but this just means one of a group chat's participants has left the chat.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Area code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/area%20code. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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