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e-commerce

[ee-kom-ers] / ˈiˌkɒm ərs /
NOUN
shopping
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American businessman Bezos, founder of e-commerce giant Amazon, is the fourth-richest person in the world.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Elon Musk's X social media platform received a 120-million-euro fine in December last year, while the EU slapped e-commerce giant Temu with a 200-million-euro fine in May.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

In 2021, for instance, PayPal was enjoying a pandemic-induced boom in e-commerce when then-CEO Dan Schulman laid out a grand growth strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Using QR codes on the screen, viewers are taken directly to dedicated e-commerce sites where they can put in their orders, with the program getting 20% or more of the revenue generated.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

All of these interoperable banking and e-commerce functions flattened the Internet marketplace so radically that even eBay was taken by surprise.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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