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answering machine

noun as in voice mail

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Jeff adopted a stern, fatherly tone with his mom, which the documentary illustrates with the missives he left on her answering machine.

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Hill’s apprehension dissolved when Wooden not only picked up as Hill spoke his name on the answering machine but also asked him to visit, leading to an instant reconnection.

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Maybe you’d meet somebody out, remotely checking the answering machine plugged into your landline for messages.

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Her answering machine message was recorded in the style of Snow.

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I was visiting with Coach in his modest Encino condo when the phone rang and the answering machine picked up.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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