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directory

[dih-rek-tuh-ree, -tree, dahy-] / dɪˈrɛk tə ri, -tri, daɪ- /


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There will be no public username directory, and phone numbers will still be required in order to have a WhatsApp account in the first place.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

"It's more a theme park than a shopping mall," Germany supporter Michael Karg, 48, said as he fingered through an A-Z list of restaurants on a digital directory.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Users open up a gray pane that displays their file directory, lines of code and a chatbot window, where they can select their AI model of choice.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

New York City’s telephone company in 1886 published the first Yellow Pages directory of business phone numbers—creating a nearly friction-free way for merchants and customers to find one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

Unlike Nora, I’m terrible at memorizing people’s apartment numbers, so I look at the directory in the lobby’s vestibule.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks




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