: a commercial service that answers telephone calls for its clients
Examples of answering service in a Sentence
The doctor is not in the office now, but you can reach her answering service at this number if you have an emergency.
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Americans annoyed by the service economy of the Carter and Reagan years yelled at answering services.—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 An answering service for patients who call when the office isn’t open.—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2024 Patients affected were provided with a hotline number to call with questions and concerns, which is an answering service that asks callers to leave a name and phone number.—Melissa Brown, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023 Her clinic’s answering service called her three times while she was being diagnosed; her husband, Mike Becher, had to take away her phone.—Oliver Whang Maddie McGarvey, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for answering service
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