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

In the 1960s, he started to dine at Chinese restaurants listed on the local yellow pages.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2021

It was tied into the advertising it was doing in the yellow pages.

From The Verge • Jun. 8, 2021

This teacher of mine said, Oh, you know, there’s Art Diary International, this book that was like a yellow pages of the art world.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2020

But breakdancing wasn’t like ballet; it wasn’t something you could look up in the yellow pages.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi