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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Ofcom has launched an investigation into X over reports that the social media platform’s AI chatbot Grok is generating deepfake nudes of people without their consent, as well as sexualised images of children.
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 13 Jan. 2026
Grok, which operates inside the social media platform X, has drawn criticism for enabling sexualized and violent image generation.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Clayton and Josephson cast their gazes over the social order, dismayed by constellations of inauthenticity and self-erasure.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Perhaps the hard feelings expressed in the social media post aren’t lingering.
—Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 12 Jan. 2026
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 13 Jan. 2026
Grok, which operates inside the social media platform X, has drawn criticism for enabling sexualized and violent image generation.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Clayton and Josephson cast their gazes over the social order, dismayed by constellations of inauthenticity and self-erasure.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Perhaps the hard feelings expressed in the social media post aren’t lingering.
—Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 12 Jan. 2026
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 17 Jan. 2026.
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