World Wide Web
Example Sentences
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The World Wide Web emerged just as the Soviet Union was collapsing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
By the mid-1990s, with the introduction of the more user-friendly World Wide Web, bulletin boards fell out of favor.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025
OpenAI hopes it will change how people use the World Wide Web, and challenge Google Chrome’s dominance.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
And when I started college, there was no email or internet—but by the time I finished graduate school, we had email, laptops, and the World Wide Web.
From Slate • Aug. 30, 2023
Bobby continued making broadcasts, this time directly from the detention center’s pay telephone, and they went immediately on the World Wide Web.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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