the Internet

noun

: a system that connects computers throughout the world

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Jimmy Fallon sure won’t, and the Internet may not, either. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026 But the Internet bubble burst in 2001 and the following year the new AOL-Time Warner sustained a record $99 billion loss, resulting in countless job cuts. Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026 Working on the Internet can be a very odd place where there are days people will scream at me over and over and over via email and then along comes a message like this from Doug. Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 Initially, this ability to provide a static link to material such as PowerPoint slides was a significant draw of the site, since this service was unavailable elsewhere on the Internet at the time. Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Internet

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“The Internet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Internet. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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