How to Use IP address in a Sentence

IP address

noun
  • Keep in mind that using a third-party proxy will share your IP address with the proxy provider.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The video was posted on Kuaishou from an IP address in Guizhou.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 24 June 2024
  • The IP address of the threat was linked to a home in Buckeye, police said.
    — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Find your router’s IP address and enter it into your web browser.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • To do this, open a web browser and type your router's IP address into the address bar.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Your IP address is only one of many, many bits of data websites collect about you.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The most common method is IP address detection.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
  • The email threat was traced to a Russian IP address, Rome police said.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • As of Tuesday, its website’s server IP address could no longer be found.
    — Angela Yang, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Pro users can also restrict login access based on IP address.
    — PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Users whose IP addresses appear to be in Illinois but who may live elsewhere?
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • This protects your data in transit and masks your IP address to keep your location private.
    — PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Police identified Gomez through his IP address.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
  • These trackers can scoop up details like your browsing habits, IP address, and even personal data.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Every loan application includes an email, a phone number and an IP address.
    — Artem Lalaiants, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • This is a private IP address some internet service providers use as a gateway to access their routers’ settings.
    — Whitson Gordon, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
  • The public IP address couldn’t be traced from there, as the user had been assigned to free apartment Wi-Fi.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Dec. 2022
  • A lot of times these people have different IP addresses being found in different places.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Your IP address was used without your knowledge or consent to visit websites that contain an identity theft virus.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The user's original IP address is concealed, replaced by a unique one linked to their device on the local network.
    — Advertising Content From Smartproxy, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Zhang allegedly used the same IP address to open the fraudulent bank accounts and to deposit counterfeit checks.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Authorities also suspect both notes were sent from the same computer IP address.
    — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 23 June 2026
  • The IP address from Mailchimp that was provided to the Herald does seem to be from Coral Gables.
    — Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Their goal was to find an IP address — the unique identifier assigned to every cell phone and computer — that could reveal the source.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Their goal was to find an IP address — the unique identifier assigned to every cell phone and computer — that could reveal the source.
    — Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fast flux works by cycling through a range of IP addresses and domain names that these botnets use to connect to the Internet.
    — ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The websites share the same IP address, suggesting common ownership.
    — Huo Jingnan, NPR, 6 June 2024
  • When his alibi checks out, the cops track down Sam, a guy whose IP address also had access to Shelley’s camera.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The biggest reason is to conceal your location, since the service gives you a dedicated IP address.
    — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Anyone who uses a Surfshark static server shares an IP address with everyone else on the same server.
    — PCMAG, 7 Oct. 2024

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