phone book
noun
: a book that lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the people and businesses in a certain area
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It’s layered like lasagna, lead-heavy as an old-school phone book and straight-up delicious.
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Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
No 's' despite what some maps and businesses have in the phone book.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024
After his playing career ended in 1953, Salata heard of a group that used to pick a random name out of a phone book and name a day after them.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
While living on his mom’s couch, a casting director called after looking his name up in a phone book.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
At one point, a Newsweek journalist more or less just looked in the phone book for Nakamotos.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Ditko’s name was on the door, and his phone number was in the phone book.
—Jay Deitcher, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
Sure enough, in an old 1976 New York City phone book, a Vincent McNally was listed with an address on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 16 June 2024
By corrupting the phone book, such attacks put the basic stability of the Internet at risk.
—Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
No 's' despite what some maps and businesses have in the phone book.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024
After his playing career ended in 1953, Salata heard of a group that used to pick a random name out of a phone book and name a day after them.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
While living on his mom’s couch, a casting director called after looking his name up in a phone book.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
At one point, a Newsweek journalist more or less just looked in the phone book for Nakamotos.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Ditko’s name was on the door, and his phone number was in the phone book.
—Jay Deitcher, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
Sure enough, in an old 1976 New York City phone book, a Vincent McNally was listed with an address on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 16 June 2024
By corrupting the phone book, such attacks put the basic stability of the Internet at risk.
—Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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“Phone book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20book. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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