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Yellow Pages

NOUN
telephone directory
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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

In the 90s, he built a website called Zip2 that functioned as an online Yellow Pages.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2025

I would have had to consult the Yellow Pages, or more likely, call Information — something my parents frowned upon because of the toll.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2024

I wouldn't give up, so looked in the Yellow Pages and came across the Prince's Trust.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2022

In some cities outside the Northeast, evangelical business owners list their names in Christian Yellow Pages.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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