phone directory
noun
: a book that lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the people and businesses in a certain area
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Their brief exchange left an impression — enough that Ms. Maki, 31, returned to her desk and immediately scanned the office phone directory.
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Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Over the weekend, both Jones and Pearson were abruptly removed from the legislature’s phone directory and website.
—Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
But, in truth, the Democrats have long chafed at the tradition of beginning the nomination fight in Iowa and New Hampshire—two states with all the diversity of an Icelandic phone directory.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
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Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Over the weekend, both Jones and Pearson were abruptly removed from the legislature’s phone directory and website.
—Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
But, in truth, the Democrats have long chafed at the tradition of beginning the nomination fight in Iowa and New Hampshire—two states with all the diversity of an Icelandic phone directory.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
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“Phone directory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20directory. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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