phone book

Example Sentences

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The pair hired an undergraduate to comb through phone book listings for fast-food restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

A different email address - [email protected] - is listed in Epstein's phone book under a contact labelled "Duke of York", a previously released image showed.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

And fortunately there was a phone book inside of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

Mostly, it was just very boring, an opinion seemingly shared by Mark Wahlberg, who sounded like he was reading out of the phone book during his prayers.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

There are no contacts in the phone book and the call log has been erased.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins