the social
noun
British, somewhat informal
: money provided by a government program to people who are unable to work because they are old, disabled, or unemployed
He's living on the social now.
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Key Facts Issues with X appeared to spike shortly after 10:40 a.m. EDT, and nearly 19,200 users reported issues with the social media platform by 11:08 a.m., according to DownDetector.
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Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Transporting the action to Japan’s postwar economic boom, Kurosawa examined class differences in the country, and while Lee uses the text to comment on the haves and have-nots too, his focus is trained on the 21st century attention economy dictated by the social media hordes.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
The next step before working with clients is studying for the social work licensing exam.
—Kara Mendelsohn, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025
Grok, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot embedded on the X platform, was briefly suspended from the social site Monday.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025
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Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Transporting the action to Japan’s postwar economic boom, Kurosawa examined class differences in the country, and while Lee uses the text to comment on the haves and have-nots too, his focus is trained on the 21st century attention economy dictated by the social media hordes.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
The next step before working with clients is studying for the social work licensing exam.
—Kara Mendelsohn, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025
Grok, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot embedded on the X platform, was briefly suspended from the social site Monday.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the social
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“The social.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20social. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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