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social media

noun

, (usually used with a plural verb)
  1. websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts:

    Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of social media1

First recorded in 2000–05

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Example Sentences

Social media forces us to not only be vulnerable for our partner but for the whole world.

And so we compiled this list through conversations with colleagues and social media crowd-sourcing.

Aside from a blanket ban, social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit are nearly impossible to control.

Monitoring Chinese social-media platforms has paid off for the Chinese government.

Within hours, thousands of Iranians challenged the foreign minister on social media asking how that could possibly be.

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