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Black men made up 60% of oystermen listed in an 1810 directory, working together with white oystermen as part of a prosperous local industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
No matter, Owen is obsessed with finding her, even if he doesn’t know her last name and there are 318 Emilys in the campus directory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Scottish Borders Council's website has a directory listing all 69 community councils across the region, including links to their social media pages, email contacts and websites.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"It's more a theme park than a shopping mall," Germany supporter Michael Karg, 48, said as he fingered through an A-Z list of restaurants on a digital directory.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
“There’s a directory in the media unit of the trailer,” Ayesha says, then widens her eyes in mock horror.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
To free up space, technical employees routinely cleaned their personal directories with a command like the one above.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Print directories, legacy media and some traditional retail are other examples he cites.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026
The draft bill excludes online encyclopaedias and educational directories from the ban.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
There is no Jose Bernal listed as a licensed lawyer or paralegal in the State Bar of California or the California Alliance of Paralegal Assn.’s online directories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
They stuffed the leaflets into stamped envelopes and addressed the envelopes with names chosen randomly from telephone directories.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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