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.
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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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Example Sentences
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That same year, Amodei stumbled on a link on an economics blog that led him to a nonprofit charity-evaluator called GiveWell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
OpenAI also published details to its public blog.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Both the majority and dissent agree that this case is likely to have limited impact on the midterms," Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a blog post.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Transparency means that the use of AI is disclosed to readers in a clear, honest, and obvious manner,” Pangram, which makes an AI tool that purports to identify AI-generated writing, asserts on its marketing blog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
E-mails came from readers who wanted to support the blog.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“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
Google also introduced search information agents, which will be able to scan blogs, news sites, social media, and more for data that they can send periodically to customers as updates.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Galvan, whose husband was also unemployed after a tech layoff, eventually enrolled in graduate school and currently works part-time as a writing tutor and editor of various blogs and journals at San Jose State University.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
He embarked on what he calls a "defensive strategy", creating blogs about the best-selling products for the AI tools to reference.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 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
“If you have already been arrested, you’re not the first call we’ve taken this month,” he blogged in May, “and you won’t be the last.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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
After his firing in October 2010, Folkes blogged about his experience on the show.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Because he had last known her when she knew little of the things she blogged about, he felt a sense of loss, as though she had become a person he would no longer recognize.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
His supporters say he was targeted for blogging about alleged human rights abuses against the Sikh community in India and was coerced into signing a false confession to participation in the killings.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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
That’s the concern of a former energy trader and now investor blogging on Substack as Fred’s Corner, with a focus on commodities.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
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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