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hotline
[ hot-lahyn ]
noun
- Also hot line. a direct telecommunications link enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis:
the hotline between Washington and Moscow.
- Also hot line. a telephone service enabling people to talk confidentially with someone about a personal problem or crisis:
The protective services system is anchored by a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week emergency hotline.
- Also hot line. a telephone line providing customers or clients with direct access to a company or professional service:
If you need assistance, feel free to chat with us through our online auto parts website or give our hotline a call.
- Chiefly Canadian. a radio program to which listeners can phone in comments or questions:
The radio hotline features advice and insight from a range of bank spokespeople during tax season.
adjective
- Chiefly Canadian. of or relating to a radio program to which listeners can phone in comments or questions.
hotline
/ ˈɒˌɪ /
noun
- a direct telephone, teletype, or other communications link between heads of government, for emergency use
- any such direct line kept for urgent use
Example Sentences
He also highlighted the launch of the 988 hotline that provides round-the-clock suicide and crisis counseling as well as providing more than 300 million people access to healthcare, with 46 million Americans getting health insurance coverage because of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.
He carries a piece of paper with the number for a 24-hour hotline faculty set up for students detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
At UCLA, members of Faculty for Justice in Palestine recently circulated advice to international students: “Don’t say anything to ICE. Don’t sign anything. Tell them to speak to your attorney,” it said alongside a hotline number.
In 2017, Democratic officials took the mic; last night, one speaker noted derisively that sharing the ICE-watch hotline at the protest had done more to protect Boston than all its Democratic representatives put together.
Health officials advise the public to check on the latest updates from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health or call the beach closure hotline at 1-800-525-5662 for the latest information.
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