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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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.
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Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
My father, Aldo, opened its doors in 1984, selling salads and carpaccios at a moment when the New York dining landscape was divided, as one critic put it, between old-style red-sauce spots and fancy Frenchified salons with menus the size of a small-town phone book.
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Gea Bozzi,
Air Mail,
16 May 2026
No 's' despite what some maps and businesses have in the phone book.
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Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Mar. 2026
Guevara and two colleagues, Mason and then-Detective Ernest Halvorson, orchestrated a frame-up by coercing one witness to identify Rios by beating him with a phone book and flashlight, and another by threatening to charge him with obstruction, according to the plaintiffs’ allegations.
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Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
The end credits, teeming with his screen-packing array of golfers, dancers, staff, guests, and passersby, resemble a local phone book.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
Turning it off limits how the platform connects your account to real-world relationships, reduces account suggestions tied to your phone book and helps keep your personal network from becoming part of TikTok's data profile.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
My money is on the guy who might not be able to jump over a phone book but still finds his shot dropping into the net in traffic.
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James L. Edwards Iii,
New York Times,
14 Dec. 2025
Perna can read a phone book into his camera and get laughs, Keys said, and the visual humor of editors Barker and Sherrill completes the package.
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Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
30 Nov. 2025
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Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
My father, Aldo, opened its doors in 1984, selling salads and carpaccios at a moment when the New York dining landscape was divided, as one critic put it, between old-style red-sauce spots and fancy Frenchified salons with menus the size of a small-town phone book.
—
Gea Bozzi,
Air Mail,
16 May 2026
No 's' despite what some maps and businesses have in the phone book.
—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Mar. 2026
Guevara and two colleagues, Mason and then-Detective Ernest Halvorson, orchestrated a frame-up by coercing one witness to identify Rios by beating him with a phone book and flashlight, and another by threatening to charge him with obstruction, according to the plaintiffs’ allegations.
—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
The end credits, teeming with his screen-packing array of golfers, dancers, staff, guests, and passersby, resemble a local phone book.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
Turning it off limits how the platform connects your account to real-world relationships, reduces account suggestions tied to your phone book and helps keep your personal network from becoming part of TikTok's data profile.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
My money is on the guy who might not be able to jump over a phone book but still finds his shot dropping into the net in traffic.
—
James L. Edwards Iii,
New York Times,
14 Dec. 2025
Perna can read a phone book into his camera and get laughs, Keys said, and the visual humor of editors Barker and Sherrill completes the package.
—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
30 Nov. 2025
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“Phone book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20book. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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