telephone number

NOUN

assigned number for telephone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

phone number

WEAK

800 number cell phone number fax number

Example Sentences

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“Don’t answer a telephone number that you don’t recognize,” Sheinbaum warned people last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

She added that should "never had happened" as they had her address, telephone number, and details of her symptoms.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

He didn’t respond to a message I left at the telephone number he listed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Her interviews with people in early-stage trials suggest they’re pleased to have a direct telephone number for a research nurse, for example.

From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024

I tell myself it doesn’t matter, your name is like your telephone number, useful only to others; but what I tell myself is wrong, it does matter.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood