often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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With four trading days remaining in the period, the stock is on pace for its sharpest decline since 2001 and the dot-com bust.
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
And amid the dot-com bubble burst, Fibrebond saw its number of customers decline to three, and its workforce down from 900 to 320 employees.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
Both CEOs drew parallels between the current AI boom and the dot-com bubble of 2000.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
Fiber optic cables laid during the dot-com bubble of late 1990s, for example, now provide the foundation for today’s internet.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
And amid the dot-com bubble burst, Fibrebond saw its number of customers decline to three, and its workforce down from 900 to 320 employees.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
Both CEOs drew parallels between the current AI boom and the dot-com bubble of 2000.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
Fiber optic cables laid during the dot-com bubble of late 1990s, for example, now provide the foundation for today’s internet.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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