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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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 There was a phone book, camera film canisters, metal pins, the tattered remains of a baseball cap and an orange t-shirt with the outline of a giant thumbs up. — Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 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 7 Nov. 2026.

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