web address
noun
URL.
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Web address
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web addresses
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web address
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Web address
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Etymology
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
After examining the URL, or web address, of one scam page he said it was most likely a paid-for Facebook advert.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024
These scams copy the retailer’s web address and site layout and install malware on a victim’s device.
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
Rather than hosting its copy of Coinbase directly on conibase.com, visitors to that site were redirected to yet another nearly identical 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
The exploit is particularly damaging because the Web address continues to be endorsed by lists of reputable journals such as Web of Science, curated by Thomson Reuters.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 19, 2015
CCR — whose Web address is www.cancercanrock.org — is a foundation that allows musicians with cancer to record a song for posterity, with the help of professional musicians, producers and engineers.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 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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