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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Watching her in The Beaver is akin to asking Steph Curry to just shoot free throws or Daniel Day-Lewis to merely read the phone book.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2025
Amazon said Monday that its customers couldn’t access the data stored in DynamoDB, because the Domain Name System (DNS) – a kind of phone book for the internet – had encountered a problem.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
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
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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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2025
Amazon said Monday that its customers couldn’t access the data stored in DynamoDB, because the Domain Name System (DNS) – a kind of phone book for the internet – had encountered a problem.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
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
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 Nov. 2025.
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