How to Use VPN in a Sentence

VPN

noun
  • Trust is not assumed just because a request is coming from inside the office network or over the VPN.
    Deepak Bhaskaran, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Some less feature-rich services offer better prices than Proton VPN.
    PC Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Here are some recent stats from Atlas VPN, which reviewed some of the most popular shopping apps.
    Kim Komando, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Google One adds photo editing tools, a mobile VPN, and priority customer support.
    PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Shapiro advises people use a virtual private network, or VPN, for protection.
    Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
  • There are a handful of different techniques, called protocols, that define a VPN’s secure connection.
    PCMAG, 14 Mar. 2025
  • They were all connected to the same virtual private network (VPN) used in one or more of the cyber incidents, according to the complaint.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • When connected to Surfshark VPN, all your data is shielded by military grade encryption.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But the majority of the panel upheld the VPN fine — with one justice opposing unless users are shown to be using X to commit crimes.
    David Biller and Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
  • For a comprehensive overview of all of those features, check out our review of Norton VPN Ultimate.
    PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • That allows the footage to be seen outside the country and by Australian users who use a virtual private network (VPN) to change their online location.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 May 2024
  • Wisniewski generally does not use an extra layer of security called a VPN, although your company might require it.
    Shira Ovide, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Norton 360 is a collection of privacy management tools, including a VPN, antivirus, and dark web monitor.
    Stackcommerce Team, PCMAG, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Like the antivirus, Norton VPN Ultimate includes real-time protection against malware and checks files when they’re downloaded or executed.
    Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • One effective solution is the use of a virtual private network (VPN), which enables remote workers to securely access company networks and systems when handling sensitive data.
    Solomon Amar, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Great options include Editors' Choice winners NordVPN and Proton VPN.
    Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Other top options include our Editors' Choice winners, NordVPN and Proton VPN.
    Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 13 June 2026
  • Yegor Sak, the founder of Windscribe VPN, says the real risks associated with connecting to unprotected public Wi-Fi networks have waned significantly over the last decade.
    Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
  • And that off-the-shelf technology can be used to siphon personal data, login details and other key information from devices, web browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, and popular applications such as VPN, Grobman said.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Avast doesn’t support multi-hop connections like CyberGhost VPN, ExpressVPN, and Hotspot Shield VPN do.
    Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026
  • What’s Included AdGuard VPN encrypts your connection to hide your online activity from trackers, ISPs, and public networks.
    Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 June 2026
  • Stripped of the security suite extras in Norton VPN Ultimate, Norton VPN Standard still has a ways to go in order to stand on its own against more feature-rich and privacy-focused competitors.
    PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On the same day as the domain’s suspension, the department announced that numerous ransomware groups had been using a VPN service called First VPN Service to hide their activities and attack US businesses, hospitals, and municipal governments.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026
  • Over the last two years, Netflix has developed an open-source tool, Open VPN, that sychnronizes color camera spaces with a LED panel, allowing for complex in-camera VFX, with much more VFX being moved from post to pre-production.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There are pockets where Bitcoin has density – for example, online on networks like Nostr, and in particular online services, especially those that are more privacy-focused, such as Proton, Mullvad VPN, and LNVPN.
    Roger Huang, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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