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
Marianne Joan Elliott-Said found her stage name, Poly Styrene, running her finger through the yellow pages, she says in an on-camera interview circa 1976.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
It was tied into the advertising it was doing in the yellow pages.
From The Verge ● Jun. 8, 2021
Thumbing through the yellow pages of the binder, she spoke of Sharqiya’s past: It had up-to-date labs for physics and chemistry and was the first school to incorporate computers into its curriculum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2020
Carefully he turned the soft yellow pages of his book, a few delicately tunneled by worms.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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
I wouldn't give up, so looked in the Yellow Pages and came across the Prince's Trust.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2022
Or maybe looked it up in an outdated Yellow Pages phonebook they found in the back closet.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
While everyone else streamed out, he made his way to the secretary’s office and borrowed a copy of the Yellow Pages.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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