phone book
Example Sentences
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For the internet to become what we think of as the internet, you also needed people like Paul Mockapetris, who created the domain name system that is known as the phone book of the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
An image from a prior Epstein files release showed a different, but similar email - [email protected] - listed in Epstein's phone book under a contact titled "Duke of York".
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
Mostly, it was just very boring, an opinion seemingly shared by Mark Wahlberg, who sounded like he was reading out of the phone book during his prayers.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025
It’s astounding that Apple failed to realize that audiences will watch George Clooney and Brad Pitt read the phone book, so long as they do it together, and truncated “Wolfs’” stay in theaters.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
While I’m waiting, I pull out the phone book she keeps under her night table.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
