How to Use answering service in a Sentence

answering service

noun
Definition of answering servicenext
  • The doctor is not in the office now, but you can reach her answering service at this number if you have an emergency.
  • Note that there is a huge difference between an answering service and an intake service.
    — Yec, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • Calls to many local funeral homes went to voice mail, answering services or just rang endlessly as the area deals with widespread power outages.
    — Alex Harris and Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 13 Sep. 2017
  • An answering service has been retained to handle the many calls from people begging for help, now that some parlors are refusing to accept virus victims or are too busy to even answer the phone.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • His father owned a furniture store and later a telephone answering service.
    — Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Already, people are using AI systems in their homes, in less human-sounding phone answering services, and many other applications.
    — Jason Lemon, ajc, 11 May 2018
  • In one bucket used by a real estate answering services company, NBC News found millions of voicemails, mostly apartment inquiries and maintenance requests, that included the caller’s name and cell phone number.
    — NBC News, 29 Dec. 2019
  • The state currently provides an answering service through which residents seeking appointments can only leave messages, Alaska Public Media reports.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Office Evolution also provides phone-answering services, address and mail services and other professional capabilities.
    — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Supplemental funding from grants and municipalities sustained 211's limited live-answering service until July.
    — Maria Polletta, azcentral, 6 Feb. 2020

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