telephone number
nounDefinition of telephone number
: a number assigned to a telephone line for a specific phone or set of phones (as for a residence) that is used to call that phone
— called also phone number
Examples of telephone number in a Sentence
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Barkha Dutt, a television pundit, filed a complaint against trolls who had sent her a death threat and published her personal telephone number as that of an escort service. — The Economist, "The global gag on free speech is tightening," 15 Aug. 2019 The 2015 video of Lübcke supporting refugees went viral in right-wing circles: one blog post on a far-right news site went so far as to list Lübcke’s work address and telephone numbers. — Melissa Eddy, BostonGlobe.com, "Killing of German politician is treated as possible terrorist act," 17 June 2019 Nairobi's Mike Sonko posted two telephone numbers on his Facebook page and asked aggrieved women to contact his office with pictures and evidence of affair. — Bukola Adebayo And Kagweni Micheni, CNN, "Tanzania governor wants to create a national database for married men in a bid to curb infidelity," 13 Aug. 2019 The accord will also require Facebook to keep a tighter leash on third-party apps, perform regular sweeps for unencrypted passwords and refrain from using telephone numbers obtained for security purposes for advertising. — Ben Brody And David Mclaughlin / Bloomberg, Time, "Facebook Agrees to Pay Record $5 Billion Settlement in Privacy Investigation," 24 July 2019 Those records included information about telephone numbers involved in a call or text, including their date and time, but none of their content. — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, "New documents reveal more overcollection by NSA phone data program," 26 June 2019 The California Public Utilities Commission added a new area code Friday to the East Bay to meet the demand for telephone numbers in the region. — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, "Hold the phone. New 341 area code introduced in East Bay," 21 June 2019 Email addresses, telephone numbers, British Airways loyalty program membership numbers, flight times, and seat numbers were among the pieces of data that could be vulnerable. — Alyssa Newcomb, Fortune, "British Airways Has Yet Another Security Problem, New Report Says," 13 Aug. 2019 Illinois, for example, produced a flyer briefly listing 21 services, a website and email address and a telephone number for more information. — Washington Post, "Trump proposal seeks to crack down on food stamp ‘loophole’," 28 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'telephone number.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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