pay phone
Example Sentences
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In urban neighborhoods, the local candy store often had a pay phone and acted as a message center for the surrounding area.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
As Chesnoff talks in the “Jinx” episode, red carpet footage from the “All Good Things” premiere briefly appears, as do clips of Lehrman posing as Katie and making a call from a pay phone.
From New York Times • May 12, 2024
A light caught my eye, shining on a relic of a bygone analog era: a pay phone, housed under a Whidbey Telecom cover.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023
Then came the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which allowed for increased competition in the pay phone market.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2023
Cronkite explained that he just needed to make a quick call from the basement pay phone.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
