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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James McAvoy the actor can read the phone book and make that fantastic. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 Bill Finger, who helped create DC Comics’ Batman with Bob Kane, found the name for Bruce Wayne’s urban nightmare in the phone book, coming upon the listing for Gotham Jewelers. Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025 Another story that had long gone around was that Michael landed on Keaton from the phone book. Katie Labovitz, People.com, 22 July 2025 D'Amato spent a portion of his speech reading from the District of Columbia phone book. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025 One of the pages even contained President Trump’s name, having been listed in Epstein’s phone book. Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025 The list of additional missing names would fill a phone book. J.j. Bailey, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024 The Miami rapper participated in ELLE’s latest episode of Phoning It In, a series that sees celebrities prank calling various people in their phone book. Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019 The first service available on Minitel was an electronic phone book, or annuaire électronique. IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2017

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“Phone book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20book. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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