phone book

noun

: a book that lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the people and businesses in a certain area

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Gregory Solomon, a kindly, kooky, antiques dealer in his 90s whom Victor found in the phone book, provides both high comic relief and an outsider’s perspective on the value of these objects that once meant so much to the family. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026 Over two and a half years, Jodorowsky would spend $2 million developing a script the size of a phone book for a movie that would run 14 hours, with Salvador Dalí playing the Emperor and being paid $100,000 an hour. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026 The cast includes Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Robert Pattinson — Villeneuve just opened the Hollywood phone book and started calling, sounds like. — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The 1200 was the first to include call-time tracking and a multiuser phone book, allowing owners who planned to lend their device to set up call limits based on time or cost. — IEEE Spectrum, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for phone book

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“Phone book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20book. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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