How to Use area code in a Sentence

area code

noun
  • It’s not about the area code, but about being part of the whole.
    Kathrine Nero, The Enquirer, 2 July 2021
  • How’s three 30, which three, three hours, the zip or area code in Akron.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The phone rang and Shea noticed there was an 440 area code on the ID.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Calls are routed based on the area code on the caller’s phone.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The call was made to a number with a local New York area code.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • The call came from Miami, but showed a number with the 630 area code.
    Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2021
  • The 771 area code could be assigned as early as Nov. 9.
    Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
  • This Sunday afternoon game will be a test to see if the Bulls are in the same area code as the champs.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Stevens was a tireless booster of the Valley and his 818 area code.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The stickers make use of the region’s area code — 956 — shorthand for the Rio Grande Valley.
    Erika De Los Reyes, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The model will be limited to just 212 pieces in a nod to N.Y.C.’s iconic area code.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Those who hear that recording must hang up and dial again using the area code.
    Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The calls will be routed to local crisis centers based on the area code of the caller’s phone.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 July 2022
  • Hate5six is named after the area code of Marlton, New Jersey, Singh’s home town.
    Adlan Jackson, The New Yorker, 19 July 2022
  • Nic Dowd gave the Bruins a freebie by rimming the puck to the other side, with no teammates in that area code.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021
  • The brother of Brock Purdy is still coming west, but not far enough to be in the same area code as the 49ers’ quarterback.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • All customers with the original area code can keep theirs.
    Tatyana Turner, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Now, it’s House Three Thirty, named after Akron’s area code.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2020
  • There are few endeavors in life that can match the pure joy of tomato that was raised within the same area code as you.
    David Holloway For The Lede, al, 21 June 2023
  • Luster never changed his cell number with the 619 area code.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Fenway Park’s area code, 617, appears in a patch resembling a race bib on the left sleeve.
    New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • So, in a way, FC Cincinnati still delivered on paying homage to the 513 area code through the number of fins.
    Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The latest change isn’t happening because of a new area code.
    al, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The author called from a phone with a Miami area code, but that phone seemed to be turned off since Tuesday evening.
    Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2023
  • People looked out for their own in the 757, the area code for the seven cities that make up the Hampton Roads community.
    New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021
  • Colorado is set to introduce its sixth area code in 2026.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The phone call will be from a 615 area code from Nashville, Tenn. due to the service the city is using to notify people.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Last year, an assessment found that Maine no longer had access to most of the 8 million phone numbers in the area code.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The email also listed a phone number with an 808 area code if help was needed.
    cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The calls are routed by area code, not a person’s location.
    Meredith Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2022

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