How to Use social media in a Sentence

social media

noun
  • The high court is in the midst of a term heavy with social media issues.
    Mark Sherman, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • On Wednesday the group’s social media pages did not show blood on the knife and fork.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • At least some of the fight was recorded and shared on social media.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The image of her shared on social media shook the country.
    Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Guides can be found on social media sites such as Telegram, where the fee starts at $1,200 and up.
    Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • With that in mind, what is your approach to social media these days?
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The singer’s wife, Ari Whibley, shared the news Friday on social media.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Burchett confirmed the thread on social media was how things went down.
    Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2023
  • This led people to cheer for the orcas on social media.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The icon made the announcement Wednesday on social media.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Seen on a quick scroll through social media, the stylish spouses appear like the anti-girl-bosses.
    Abigail Anthony, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Although the judge did not let that information be known to the jury, Trump sought to raise the issue on social media.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The reports caused panic, as patrons fled the building and 911 calls and social media posts warned of an active shooter at the scene.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2023
  • In the meantime, the park is asking fans of the new little ones to share suggestions of possible names on social media.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Some country fans took to social media to claim that the 32-time Grammy winner’s music doesn’t fit within the genre.
    Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The ladies’ epic social media promo isn’t the only time the Disney stars have come together in recent years.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023
  • For most purposes like social media, websites, and small prints, JPEG is just fine.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The two have frequently shared glimpses of their sisterly bond on social media.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The footage of the shooting has circulated through social media in recent days.
    John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Enter Email Sign Up As adults, they were connected on social media but weren’t close.
    Joanna Slater, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • On Sunday, two more players took to social media to announce their plans.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Accounts from both doctors and patients, weighing in on social media, are often along the same lines.
    Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • In the days after the bill's passage, a video of Jacobs being dragged out of the gallery began circulating on social media.
    Leah Willingham, ajc, 30 Mar. 2023
  • One of the ideas was to encourage Trump supporters, via social media, to march on the Capitol on January 6th.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
  • So a number of relatives and friends of residents, some of whom are elderly, found the form on social media and filled it out.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The defamation claim appears to be based largely on a post Figueroa made on social media in the early days of the political scandal.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The This Is Us actress and her former partner shared the announcement via social media on Friday.
    Staff Author, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The proverbial car chases continue to this day across social media.
    Brian Stelter, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Swift went to her first Kansas City Chiefs game on Sept. 24, which proceeded to send social media into a frenzy.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Photos and video that passengers posted on social media showed a gaping opening in the plane.
    Alison Sider, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2024

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