phone book
Example Sentences
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The pair hired an undergraduate to comb through phone book listings for fast-food restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
DNS, which stands for Domain Name System, is often likened to a phone book for the internet.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
A week later, L.A. printed its first phone book.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Rooney and his friend Dave Woodman, a fellow animator, met Caselotti after finding her information in the phone book.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025
I stepped off the stool and started walking across the room toward the phone book at the pay phone.
From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos
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