website
Americannoun
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websites
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of website
1990–95
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Explanation
A collection of online documents or resources is a website. Looking for a great website to help you increase your word knowledge? We recommend Vocabulary.com. Whenever you use the internet, you visit websites, whether they're a single page or a complex assortment of content and pages. Popular websites provide information, discussion forums, videos, shopping, and much more. We visit websites to get the weather report, buy plane tickets, listen to music, check school calendars, and post vacation photos. Website was first used in 1994, not long after the invention of the World Wide Web in 1990.
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A shopper who has a $2,000 budget for a new handbag can find 16 options among the latest releases on Gucci’s U.S. website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
Obermeyer has also created a website where people interested in learning about their own risk can provide basic personal information and an email address.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
More than 3,500 flights were cancelled and more than 2,000 delayed in the US on Saturday, according to tracking website Flight Aware, as knock-on disruption continues.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
You can read a PDF of “Little Sawyer’s Giant Adventures” with all of the illustrations on Ken Wells’s website at bayoubro.com.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
“This is an abomination!” said one of the committee members, watching a recap of the Lemoncello Library Olympics’ first day of competition on the Book Network’s website.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Another major concern is out-of-control agents -- tools that complete real-life tasks online -- after ChatGPT maker OpenAI admitted its autonomous bots had hacked into websites, including an Australian government data portal.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
United and Delta airlines have posted updates on their websites to alert passengers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
However, this could also be a case of under-reporting in some countries, where Downdetector is among the websites blocked due to censorship.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Some of these attacks appear aimed at supplying the stolen compute to illicit websites known as transfer stations, according to researchers at Google’s cloud-security division, Wiz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
As with most hotels in the city, the staff worked diligently to maintain its star rating in guidebooks and on travel websites.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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