social network
noun
1
: a network of individuals (such as friends, acquaintances, and coworkers) connected by interpersonal relationships
2
: an online service or site through which people create and maintain interpersonal relationships
… scammers reaching out to victims over … social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn …—
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That's the percentage of Meta employees who admitted to not using the company's AI chatbot, Meta AI, in their day-to-day work, according to new data from Blind, a popular anonymous professional social network.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Foundational research in medical sociology reveals that access to resources like money, knowledge, power and social networks strongly affects a person’s health.
—Jennifer Singh, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
The mural, a form of resistance As soon as the artist shared the Maduro mural on his social networks, the video went viral.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Dunbar cited research on social networks that suggests people in interconnected friend groups are more likely to be generous to one another, possibly out of fear of being outed as miserly to an entire group.
—Jenny Singer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Foundational research in medical sociology reveals that access to resources like money, knowledge, power and social networks strongly affects a person’s health.
—Jennifer Singh, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
The mural, a form of resistance As soon as the artist shared the Maduro mural on his social networks, the video went viral.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Dunbar cited research on social networks that suggests people in interconnected friend groups are more likely to be generous to one another, possibly out of fear of being outed as miserly to an entire group.
—Jenny Singer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Social network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20network. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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