answering service
Example Sentences
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That neurologist wasn’t on call, she was told by the answering service, but someone would call her back.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022
Spain’s government wants to end those nerve-shattering, one-sided conversations with a computerized answering service by making it obligatory for companies to offer a real, flesh-and-blood customer service worker when so requested by a caller.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2022
The same phone number is listed for all of them, and it goes to an answering service.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022
"We'll have our answering service up tomorrow," Jerry Carr replied in jest.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2021
Eventually a company representative or answering service picked up the call.
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