VPN
noun
plural VPNs
: a private computer network that functions over a public network : virtual private network
As more employees connect to their office networks from home, they expose the company to attack. A VPN lets companies use the Internet as a secure pathway into their existing network.—
Michael Bertin
Michael BertinVPNs help cloak your browsing information from your internet provider. When you use VPN software, your device connects to a VPN provider's servers. That way, all your web traffic passes through the VPN provider's internet connection.—Brian X. Chen
Brian X. ChenExamples of VPN in a Sentence
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What doesn’t work to block these trackers? Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) will not block these trackers.
—Tomas Apodaca, USA Today, 18 June 2025
The other apps — Turbo VPN and VPN Proxy Master, which are also available on the Google Play Store, as well as three others that Google offers — are all still available.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 12 June 2025
How to watch Love Triangle Australia in the US at a glance
Channel: Channel 4, Stan.
VPN to use: Express VPN, Nord VPN, Pure VPN
Once that’s done, all three must go through the remainder of the experiment as a trio – moving in together and triple dating!
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 16 May 2025
Free users of Proton VPN can use it to protect one device at a time and can’t choose which country the VPN connects through.
—PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
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Tomas Apodaca, USA Today, 18 June 2025
The other apps — Turbo VPN and VPN Proxy Master, which are also available on the Google Play Store, as well as three others that Google offers — are all still available.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 12 June 2025
How to watch Love Triangle Australia in the US at a glance
Channel: Channel 4, Stan.
VPN to use: Express VPN, Nord VPN, Pure VPN
Once that’s done, all three must go through the remainder of the experiment as a trio – moving in together and triple dating!
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 16 May 2025
Free users of Proton VPN can use it to protect one device at a time and can’t choose which country the VPN connects through.
—PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for VPN
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“VPN.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/VPN. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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