telephone
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The legislation defines “personal information” as anything that identifies, describes or relates to the protected individuals, including their names, addresses, telephone numbers, physical descriptions, driver’s licenses, financial information, license plate numbers and places of employment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
AT&T narrowly avoided a breakup a couple of years later, mostly because it had the nation’s only working long-distance telephone network.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
He said the information did not include names, addresses, contact details or telephone numbers.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
He didn’t have a telephone number, so I was just waiting for eight hours in front of his door until he came home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
What with the telephone and the Rural Free Delivery, there wasn’t much place to hide anymore.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing telephone
Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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