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
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
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
In fact, Giuliani had accidentally sabotaged his own tweet with a punctuation error — “G-20.In” — that automatically created a hyperlink to an Indian Web address.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2018
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
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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