yellow pages
plural noun
a classified telephone directory or section of a directory, listing subscribers by the type of business or service they offer, usually printed on yellow paper.
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Yellow Pagesplural nouna classified telephone directory, often printed on yellow paper, that lists subscribers by the business or service provided
yellow pages
Americanplural noun
(often initial capital letters)
Yellow Pages
British
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of yellow pages
First recorded in 1950–55
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Facebook didn’t buy yellow pages or local newspapers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
“One day I picked up 42 handwritten yellow pages from the previous seven days,” Steve said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
It was tied into the advertising it was doing in the yellow pages.
From The Verge ● Jun. 8, 2021
This teacher of mine said, Oh, you know, there’s Art Diary International, this book that was like a yellow pages of the art world.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2020
Carefully he turned the soft yellow pages of his book, a few delicately tunneled by worms.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Scenes in which Grable had visited an agent inspired Callan to pick up the Yellow Pages, where she found the Molly O’Day Agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
New York City’s telephone company in 1886 published the first Yellow Pages directory of business phone numbers—creating a nearly friction-free way for merchants and customers to find one another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
In the 90s, he built a website called Zip2 that functioned as an online Yellow Pages.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2025
Gmail creator Paul Buchheit said in December that AI is threatening to do to web search what Google did to the Yellow Pages.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
I got out the Yellow Pages and looked up cab companies.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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