address book
noun
1
: a small book in which one writes the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of people one knows
2
: a place on a computer or other device for storing email addresses, phone numbers, etc.
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Trump's previous association with Epstein and the appearance of his name in an address book and on flight logs of Epstein's plane has been widely reported.
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Will Steakin, ABC News, 7 June 2025
But other eligible households never filed, creating a gaping hole in the county’s address book.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
The company collects hashed contact information from your device's address book to find other people to chat with.
—PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
But in his luggage, agents found a little black address book containing names and phone numbers for several people whom prosecutors would later claim were Chinese officials, including officers in the Ministry of State Security.
—Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The collection offers plenty of voyeuristic thrill—Andy Warhol, Alex Katz, and Fairfield Porter, along with the poets John Ashbery, James Schuyler, and Bernadette Mayer, are just a sampling of his illustrious address book.
—David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
Wang had sent some of these diary entries to an email address, found in his address book, with a 163.com domain name that was run by a Chinese email service provider and possibly beyond the reach of American law enforcement.
—Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The Justice Department is preparing to release Jeffrey Epstein's personal address book Thursday, according to a report.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Neither the plane logs nor the address book in of themselves implicate anyone in a crime.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
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Will Steakin, ABC News, 7 June 2025
But other eligible households never filed, creating a gaping hole in the county’s address book.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
The company collects hashed contact information from your device's address book to find other people to chat with.
—PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
But in his luggage, agents found a little black address book containing names and phone numbers for several people whom prosecutors would later claim were Chinese officials, including officers in the Ministry of State Security.
—Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The collection offers plenty of voyeuristic thrill—Andy Warhol, Alex Katz, and Fairfield Porter, along with the poets John Ashbery, James Schuyler, and Bernadette Mayer, are just a sampling of his illustrious address book.
—David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
Wang had sent some of these diary entries to an email address, found in his address book, with a 163.com domain name that was run by a Chinese email service provider and possibly beyond the reach of American law enforcement.
—Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The Justice Department is preparing to release Jeffrey Epstein's personal address book Thursday, according to a report.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Neither the plane logs nor the address book in of themselves implicate anyone in a crime.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Address book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/address%20book. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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