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Cyber Monday

American  
[sahy-ber muhn-dey, -dee] / ˈsaɪ bər ˈmʌn deɪ, -di /

noun

  1. the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.

    I did a lot of online shopping on Cyber Monday, but I was disappointed there weren’t more free-shipping deals.


Etymology

Origin of Cyber Monday

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

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It said it processed 837 million transactions on the Black Friday through Cyber Monday weekend.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

Amid anxiety around inflation, tariffs and layoffs, shoppers still opened up their wallets, especially during Cyber Monday, the biggest e-commerce day of the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

Coupland notes the brief Cyber Monday outage affected only a subset of users and doesn’t overshadow sales momentum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

The stock drop exceeded the S&P 500’s 0.5% decline, as online spending was projected to hit a record $14.2 billion on Cyber Monday.

From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025

There are lots of best VPN options, but these three top-rated picks are some of the best around — and you’ll enjoy a 20% Cyber Monday price drop if you enter CMSAVE20 at checkout.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2018

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