Yellow Pages
Example Sentences
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Facebook didn’t buy yellow pages or local newspapers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
It was tied into the advertising it was doing in the yellow pages.
From The Verge • Jun. 8, 2021
It started out as a simple program to track customer calls and marketing budgets, so their dads could figure out whether an ad in the yellow pages or on Google was worth their time.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2019
And as more baby boomers--who probably were covered by HMOs while working--move to Medicare, choosing a managed care plan is more familiar to them than having to search the yellow pages for a provider.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2016
The old dry leather went up with a whoosh, and the yellow pages stirred as they burned, as if some ghost were reading them.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.