often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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The legacy business, in his view, was on the brink of a breakout, with the dot-com component sure to fire up the afterburners.
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Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 3 June 2024
In terms of investment, a series of crises—the dot-com crash in 2001, the GFC in 2008, and the pandemic in 2020, depressed growth in the ratio of capital invested per worker.
—Chris Bradley, Fortune Europe, 22 May 2024
Asam compared the rise of AI to the dot-com bubble, where investor enthusiasm for the internet drove some unprofitable tech stocks to insane heights before a crash, but ultimately the internet delivered the goods.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2024
At its peak in the late 1990s’ dot-com bubble, Sun had a stock market valuation of $200 billion.
—David Streitfeld, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Saylor, a former dot-com entrepreneur who once lost $6 billion in a single day, recently made a post on X urging people to embrace Bitcoin.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
Millennials 'just can't catch a break' Many millennials were in school when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, entered the workforce during the late-2000s Great Recession and were entering their peak working years when COVID hit and largely shut down the economy.
—USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
The dot-com era, then nearing its end, had been literally named for addresses such as this one.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
This reminds Professor Shiller of the rallies of the 1920s and the dot-com boom, which both ended badly.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 3 June 2024
In terms of investment, a series of crises—the dot-com crash in 2001, the GFC in 2008, and the pandemic in 2020, depressed growth in the ratio of capital invested per worker.
—Chris Bradley, Fortune Europe, 22 May 2024
Asam compared the rise of AI to the dot-com bubble, where investor enthusiasm for the internet drove some unprofitable tech stocks to insane heights before a crash, but ultimately the internet delivered the goods.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2024
At its peak in the late 1990s’ dot-com bubble, Sun had a stock market valuation of $200 billion.
—David Streitfeld, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Saylor, a former dot-com entrepreneur who once lost $6 billion in a single day, recently made a post on X urging people to embrace Bitcoin.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
Millennials 'just can't catch a break' Many millennials were in school when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, entered the workforce during the late-2000s Great Recession and were entering their peak working years when COVID hit and largely shut down the economy.
—USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
The dot-com era, then nearing its end, had been literally named for addresses such as this one.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
This reminds Professor Shiller of the rallies of the 1920s and the dot-com boom, which both ended badly.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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