often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website

Examples of dot-com in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The increase in options trading among novice investors and the obsession with high-risk assets reflect historical events like the dot-com bubble and the 2021 meme stock frenzy, when stocks like GameStop shot wildly. Jim Osman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 First the dot-com bubble, then the Great Recession Many in Generation X entered the workforce around the time of the dot-com bubble, the tech-stock boom that went bust in 2000, sending the stock market tumbling. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024 Domenick’s held these rallies through 2019, until their host, a real estate agent during the dot-com boom who also had a website bought out for $60 million, passed away. Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024 That trend has been running since the end of the dot-com bubble. Michael Foster, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dot-com 

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Word History

Etymology

from the use of .com in the URLs of such companies

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dot-com was in 1994

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Cite this Entry

“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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