service center

noun

1. an authorized commercial establishment for repairs and replacement parts for appliances or cars.

Word History and Origins

Origin of service center¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

The new owners, the nonprofit Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corp. and community land trust Fideicomiso Comunitario Tierra Libre, turned to a county pilot program that sought to support the community land trust model.

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This year, the festival was observed four days after the fire; the Chinatown Service Center and the Red Cross coordinated with Best Western to use the hotel’s meeting space to host a dinner that day for the whole group of fire victims.

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Daisy Ma and other staff members of the Chinatown Service Center arrived to find the 50 tenants, a majority of whom were seniors, standing or sitting across the street from the burned buildings in shock and some in tears.

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She said she is strategizing with Mayor Karen Bass and using federal grants, philanthropic donations and other sources of funding for investments in the community, including an anticipated homeless service center and a redesign of the park.

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Even with the changes, the main tower “is still twice the size of the tallest building in Little Tokyo,” said Grant Sunoo, director of community building and engagement at the Little Tokyo Service Center.

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