address book
noun
1
: a small book in which one writes the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of people one knows
2
: a place on a computer or other device for storing email addresses, phone numbers, etc.
Examples of address book in a Sentence
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The Justice Department is preparing to release Jeffrey Epstein's personal address book Thursday, according to a report.
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Neither the plane logs nor the address book in of themselves implicate anyone in a crime.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Most of the pages that Wheeler showed were from Epstein's address book, which has long been public, with addresses redacted.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
From your description, the CSV file is probably an address book export from one of the machines.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Employees Only With a late license and a reputation for song and dance, this is a useful name to have in the address book.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
In fact, the early Internet was so small that one man, the computer scientist Jon Postel, essentially ran the address book from his office in Los Angeles.
—Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
The phone numbers likely contained a trove of cartel connections, but the address book didn’t list any names, just nicknames.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
Destinations The Russian-Italian watch and jewelry maven Francesca Amfitheatrof shares her address book for the archipelago west of Naples.
—Charlotte Davey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2024
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Neither the plane logs nor the address book in of themselves implicate anyone in a crime.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Most of the pages that Wheeler showed were from Epstein's address book, which has long been public, with addresses redacted.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
From your description, the CSV file is probably an address book export from one of the machines.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Employees Only With a late license and a reputation for song and dance, this is a useful name to have in the address book.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
In fact, the early Internet was so small that one man, the computer scientist Jon Postel, essentially ran the address book from his office in Los Angeles.
—Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
The phone numbers likely contained a trove of cartel connections, but the address book didn’t list any names, just nicknames.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
Destinations The Russian-Italian watch and jewelry maven Francesca Amfitheatrof shares her address book for the archipelago west of Naples.
—Charlotte Davey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2024
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“Address book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/address%20book. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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