service area
noun
chiefly British
: an area next to a highway where people can stop to rest, use the bathroom, get food, etc.
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Like similar programs across the country, their work has proven incredibly effective: Just a year after FORCE Detroit launched as a nonprofit in 2023, shootings and homicides dropped by 52% in its service area, according to city officials.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Launched in 2012, The Headstrong Project currently works with a network of roughly 300 clinical providers to provide no-cost therapy to veterans suffering from trauma across a 17-state service area, which continues to grow.
—Robin Roenker, USA Today, 21 May 2025
However, further up in the foothills, Las Flores’s infrastructure suffered significant damage, leaving the company unable to provide any water to large portions of its service area — let alone ensure the water was safe.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
People who shared a water service area with a course were twice as likely to develop PD, compared to individuals who did not share a water service.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Launched in 2012, The Headstrong Project currently works with a network of roughly 300 clinical providers to provide no-cost therapy to veterans suffering from trauma across a 17-state service area, which continues to grow.
—Robin Roenker, USA Today, 21 May 2025
However, further up in the foothills, Las Flores’s infrastructure suffered significant damage, leaving the company unable to provide any water to large portions of its service area — let alone ensure the water was safe.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
People who shared a water service area with a course were twice as likely to develop PD, compared to individuals who did not share a water service.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for service area
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“Service area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20area. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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