Yellow Pages

Example Sentences

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New York City’s telephone company in 1886 published the first Yellow Pages directory of business phone numbers—creating a nearly friction-free way for merchants and customers to find one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

He was inspired by seeing the starry sky, but the title came as he spotted the Yellow Pages across the room.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024

There were photos stashed everywhere, many tucked into the stacks of Yellow Pages phone books in Wally’s bedroom closet, warped and stained from water damage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Gmail creator Paul Buchheit said in December that AI is threatening to do to web search what Google did to the Yellow Pages.

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2023

I got out the Yellow Pages and looked up cab companies.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson