Yellow Pages

Example Sentences

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Facebook didn’t buy yellow pages or local newspapers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Once they summon their courage, though, the gravest infraction they can commit starts with leafing through the yellow pages, in search of a nursing home.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2021

It was tied into the advertising it was doing in the yellow pages.

From The Verge • Jun. 8, 2021

Thumbing through the yellow pages of the binder, she spoke of Sharqiya’s past: It had up-to-date labs for physics and chemistry and was the first school to incorporate computers into its curriculum.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2020

There was something here, some truth buried in these brittle yellow pages, if only he could see it.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin