internet of things
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of internet of things
First recorded in 1995–2000
Example Sentences
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When internet dating arrived in China in the early 2000s, the power to form relationships — once disproportionately in the hands of village matchmakers, parents and factory bosses — increasingly fell onto the individual.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2022
A breakthrough, Renaud says, came while they were scripting a scene where the Minions craft Gru’s internet dating profile and “go full incompetent.”
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022
As a widower, I dabbled in the black arts of internet dating with varying degrees of success but nothing really stuck.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2020
The court heard Lawrance, formerly of Arundel Close, Liphook, Hampshire, befriended the women through the internet dating site, gained their trust and took them on dates.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2019
Not only has the internet dating age changed the ways people meet; it’s changed the ways people tell those stories.
From Slate • Jul. 15, 2019
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