Yellow Pages
Example Sentences
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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
In the 90s, he built a website called Zip2 that functioned as an online Yellow Pages.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2025
There were photos stashed everywhere, many tucked into the stacks of Yellow Pages phone books in Wally’s bedroom closet, warped and stained from water damage.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024
Gmail creator Paul Buchheit said in December that AI is threatening to do to web search what Google did to the Yellow Pages.
From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2023
In some cities outside the Northeast, evangelical business owners list their names in Christian Yellow Pages.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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