the Internet

noun

: a system that connects computers throughout the world

Examples of the Internet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most damage to the undersea cables that form the Internet’s backbone is the result of accidents involving bottom-trawling fishing nets and ship anchors dragging on the seabed, with storms and undersea landslides also factoring in. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026

And somewhat the way Google is interchangeable with looking something up on the Internet. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Johan Enslin, an ARPA-E program director, envisions a grid in which power can be converted, directed and managed automatically—much like the way data are routed around the Internet—rather than merely stepped up or down. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Today, hype for AI is spreading on smartphones and social media, digital products that did not yet exist when the Internet bubble popped, in 2000. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the Internet

• electrojet
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• videlicet
• abet
• asset
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• beget
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• binet
• briquette