blog
Americannoun
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blogs
plural
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a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites.
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a single entry or post on such a website.
She regularly contributes a blog to the magazine's website.
verb (used without object)
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Etymology
Origin of blog
First recorded in 1995–2000; shortening of weblog
Explanation
When your computer-loving friend takes your photograph, you might be wise to ask, "Are you planning to put that on your blog?" A blog is a personal website or online journal. It seems like everyone has a blog these days, or a website that's used as a personal diary for posting photos, stories, and entries about interests, families, or hobbies. Blog can also be used as a verb to mean "post something on a blog," so you could say, "I plan to blog about how delicious this slice of apple pie tastes." The original term, which was first used in the mid-1990s, was weblog, which was shortened to blog by 1998.
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In a blog post late Monday, Character.ai said it has “taken meaningful steps to sustain and improve” its “business amid significant legal, regulatory, and operational headwinds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But the “gamblers” comment strikes at an essential truth, said Wolf Richter of the Wolf Street blog.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
"The threat actor is likely a Chinese speaker and financially motivated," a CrowdStrike blog post said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“We’ll all get better stuff,” he wrote in a blog post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Or perhaps she was on her laptop, working on the blog.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I listened to obscure podcasts and read hyperniche blogs.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Michael Enea, a campaigner in Newport who blogs about fly-tipping, said he often saw the old appliances at the side of the road and thinks this could now get worse.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Enthusiastic message boards, blogs dedicated to any niche you could find in any hobby, news and culture websites as renowned for sharp commenters as their stable of writers.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
“You can expect to pay considerably more for a good long cable than a good short cable,” says Ken Shirriff, a former Google software engineer who blogs about computer history and electronics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
On news sites, blogs, and forums around the country, the conclusion was the same: Lock him up.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
While he blogged about students wasting time watching Netflix, he found something else to binge that would end up being far more important to his career: effective altruism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Google's chief executive Sundar Pichai blogged in response, external at the time to the original fine that the decision "rejects the business model that supports Android, which has created more choice for everyone, not less."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience and technology at Amazon, had blogged that the company needed fewer layers and more ownership “to move as quickly as possible for our customers and business.”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
“I think you’ve got fight-or-flight adrenaline response, so we were pretty wide-eyed and energetic for 24 hours,” said Hall, who blogged for The Times during the 2008 and 2010 Olympic Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
Ifemelu blogged about this story, describing the silver streaks in the woman’s gray hair, the fingers quivering from Parkinson’s, as though she herself had been there with Blaine.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The 36-year-old, who posts about food, fashion and lifestyle, says she would have enrolled on one of these courses if they had been available when she first started blogging on Tumblr in the early 2010s.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The two were often spotted at events together, but as Perry’s star rose and Perez’s blogging tactics were called out as toxic amid a shift away from tabloid culture, their friendship seemed to fizzle out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Tseng remembers going to coffee shops at 10 p.m. and blogging into the early hours of the morning.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
But someone diagnosed in their 60s today may have been blogging in their 30s and was on a smartphone in their 40s and social media and speech-based devices, like an Alexa, in their 50s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Blaine might have been more forgiving if she had simply forgotten, if she had been so submerged in reading or blogging that the protest had slipped from her mind.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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