900 number
Example Sentences
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In those pre-internet days, the contest involved dialing a 900 number that cost $2 a call.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
"All the flood storage areas are full. We have to be really vigilant because what I don't want is that horrendous 900 number to become a 10, 15, 20,000 number."
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2019
"These calls are likely trying to prompt consumers to call the number back, often resulting in per minute toll charges similar to a 900 number," the agency said in a news release on Friday.
From Fox News ● May 6, 2019
According to publicist Edward Lozzi, Cowlings’ spokesperson, the former USC defensive tackle netted more than $1 million with the 900 number and is now semi-retired and residing in Malibu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2017
The Boston Herald set up a 900 number, at 95 cents a minute, for readers to call in verdicts.
From Time Magazine Archive
