web address
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Origin of web address
First recorded in 1990–95
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From his office computer in California, he went to deepseek.com—the same web address his friend in China had used—pasted in the rebuttal, and asked the bot to verify each claim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
A good sign is if it the web address ends with .pharmacy.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
You should be wary of fake websites and check the web address belongs to the official brand before you enter any financial or personal information, according to Which?.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
Warning signs include the absence of the prefix “https” or a locked padlock symbol in the web address, plus poor website designs.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
I quickly type in the web address for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms that’s listed on the board.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
Epik offered one such service, alongside its role as a domain registrar, selling the right to use a particular Web address.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
The little padlock next to a Web address indicates the connection is encrypted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2015
If the Web address of an online journal matches its official record on Web of Science, then you could be confident that it’s the real deal.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 19, 2015
No one asked why, if they found it so offensive, students opened the link, with its unmistakable Web address, and watched the video long enough to know what it contained.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2015
I take the folded Web address out of my pocket and head into my mom’s office, where we keep the computer.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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