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the Internet

noun

: a system that connects computers throughout the world

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Russia’s latest operation involves flooding the Internet with disinformation to mislead chatbots. Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025 My mom didn’t know what was going on, because no one knew what was going on on the Internet. Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025 The Slender Man character is believed to have originated from a 2009 illustration of a tall, thin man with tentacle-like arms and magical abilities that circulated around the Internet via horror stories. Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025 While no service can guarantee the complete removal of your data from the Internet, a data removal service is really a smart choice. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025 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 29 Nov. 2025.

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