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 Pages
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
I looked up places in the yellow pages, and walked into the Fencers Club in New York.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
It was tied into the advertising it was doing in the yellow pages.
From The Verge ● Jun. 8, 2021
These short narratives are printed on smaller, yellow pages, interspersed throughout the main text.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
Every few days Mrs. Sen would open up the yellow pages, dial a number that she had ticked in the margin, and ask if there was any whole fish available.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" 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
He was inspired by seeing the starry sky, but the title came as he spotted the Yellow Pages across the room.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024
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
In some cities outside the Northeast, evangelical business owners list their names in Christian Yellow Pages.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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