directory
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He made up the name, choosing one that started with “A” to get a top spot in the mall’s directory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
No matter, Owen is obsessed with finding her, even if he doesn’t know her last name and there are 318 Emilys in the campus directory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Scottish Borders Council's website has a directory listing all 69 community councils across the region, including links to their social media pages, email contacts and websites.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 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
And then the house will be occupied by strangers, and there will be no trace that they were ever there, no house to enter, no name in the telephone directory.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Print directories, legacy media and some traditional retail are other examples he cites.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026
The draft bill excludes online encyclopaedias and educational directories from the ban.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
UnitedHealth said “the information in our provider directories is only as good as the information we receive from the providers,” and that the accuracy of such directories is a common problem in the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
It said these include "personnel rosters, lists of terrorist training courses, phone directories and salary documents".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
Authorities in Alaska contacted law-enforcement agencies in that state, who in turn started combing phone directories for McCandlesses.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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