often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website

Examples of dot-com in a Sentence

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While massive, that is still below the levels seen in the first computer boom and the dot-com bubble that followed in 1999-2000. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 13 May 2026 For a handful of veteran Wall Street analysts, the dot-com deja-vu is back. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 May 2026 While Cisco has trailed many of its data center peers in the AI race, Wall Street has been rallying to the company’s story of late, pushing the stock to a record late last year, finally surpassing its dot-com high. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 13 May 2026 The dot-com team also led the Beauty Insider initiative (including later VIB) which turned into a fantastic unique loyalty driver. Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dot-com

Word History

Etymology

from the use of .com in the URLs of such companies

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dot-com was in 1994

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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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