website
Americannoun
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websites
plural
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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That would allow an attacker to steal information or launch a cyberattack on anyone visiting a hacked website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Additional information about the program is available at the National Cancer Institute website.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The MAX 10 lists maximum seats of 230, compared with 172 for the MAX 7, with the MAX 8 and the MAX 9 between the two, according to Boeing's website.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
When asked by the website Mumsnet to name his favourite biscuit, the new prime minister replied that he did not have a sweet tooth and preferred "beer and chips and gravy".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
If you are under 13 years of age, you are not authorized to use this website.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Muse has also been blocked by dozens of websites, including Amazon.com, limiting its utility in carrying out shopping and other tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Belgium’s foreign ministry temporarily took its websites offline as a precaution, it said on X, although the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium had recorded no attacks on Belgian sites.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Security researchers at Calif discovered the vulnerability, which affects technology powering up to 70% of websites, using OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Government agencies and companies around the world shut down websites Wednesday after two critical flaws came to light involving PHP, a programming language that is the basis for a large share of the internet.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
I looked at one of those baby websites online and there was a due date calculator.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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