phone book
noun
phone books
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pluralof phone book.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By using inquiry agents, journalists did not have to go to paper archives to look through phone books, the court heard.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
There were photos stashed everywhere, many tucked into the stacks of Yellow Pages phone books in Wally’s bedroom closet, warped and stained from water damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
“It took tracking down old newspaper clips, property records and phone books to find any evidence of it at all.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2022
Haendel, who spent her own childhood during the Holocaust hiding as a Catholic, recalls how she pored over old phone books and other records.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
He’d used old street maps, phone books, photographs, and video footage for reference, to make everything as authentic and accurate as possible.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
