browser
noun
brows·er
ˈbrau̇-zər 
1
: one that browses
2
: a computer program used for accessing sites or information on a network (such as the World Wide Web)
Examples of browser in a Sentence
There were a few browsers in the bookstore.
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And to view this newsletter in your browser, click here.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Companies would also be allowed to choose different browsers for other products, like private browsing.
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But compared with computers or even web browsers, chatbots are very easy to switch among—just open a new tab and type in a different URL.
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My earliest memory of 4chan was sitting up late at night, typing its URL into my browser, and scrolling through a thread of LOLcat memes, which were brand-new at the time.
—Ryan Broderick, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Companies would also be allowed to choose different browsers for other products, like private browsing.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
But compared with computers or even web browsers, chatbots are very easy to switch among—just open a new tab and type in a different URL.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2025
My earliest memory of 4chan was sitting up late at night, typing its URL into my browser, and scrolling through a thread of LOLcat memes, which were brand-new at the time.
—Ryan Broderick, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Browser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/browser. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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