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answering service

NOUN
telephone message service
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The same phone number is listed for all of them, and it goes to an answering service.

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2022

The phone for McCloskey’s campaign rang unanswered Tuesday and a message left with his law office’s answering service wasn’t immediately returned.

From Seattle Times Nov. 16, 2021

"We'll have our answering service up tomorrow," Jerry Carr replied in jest.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2021

Prehn didn’t respond to a message left with his answering service Friday afternoon.

From Washington Times Jul. 24, 2020

Eventually a company representative or answering service picked up the call.

From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus



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