How to Use the Web in a Sentence

the Web

noun
  • Tie a long piece of string to the center point; weave and loop from the center out to create the web.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Apply a glittery base coat, then use a thin brush to create the web effect.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Best of the web — More stories like this, please, about celebrity shills feeling the pain.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
  • And that’s because the landscape of social media and news and the Web have changed.
    — Kajsa Kedefors, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • As time goes on, these tools will of course get smarter and bolt on more functions—such as being able to scour the web for images.
    — David Nield, WIRED, 3 July 2023
  • Both features will be available on the Web and mobile versions of Gmail.
    — Julia Doyle, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • There are plus sides to using the Web Hub over downloading the utility.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Shapiro, who subscribed to many of the ideals of the peer-to-peer movement, was beginning to fear where cloud computing might lead the web.
    — WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The heart of the novel is the web of subterfuges, quarrels and reunions that comprise Julien and Mme.
    — J. Michael Lennon, wsj.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Liveblogs are a news format that is native to the Web and is now an established part of the news ecology in many countries.
    — Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Meta chose to adopt an open approach after seeing someone leak an early version of Llama to the web in May.
    — Will Knight, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This is the web version of Fortune Crypto, a daily newsletter.
    — Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers.
    — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Here are 30 easy and delicious pumpkin bar recipes from around the web that are guaranteed to get you into the spirit of the season.
    — Samantha Brodsky, Country Living, 5 July 2023
  • Hierarchy, any domination in the web of life, hurts everyone.
    — Clare Egan, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The company will be adding more functionality to the web experience in the coming weeks, Meta said.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • OpenAI released a plug-in this year that enabled its chatbot to surf the web through Microsoft’s Bing.
    — Olivia Wang, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • The transformation was also fueled by annual tech events like the Web Summit.
    — Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • From the Web browser down to the transistor, each sub-area or system is built atop some other, older sub-area or system, the layers dense but legible.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Killian’s reviews are brimming with genuine pleasure, and also a wonderment and ardor for the great variety of stuff on the Web site.
    — Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
  • While the interface requires credentials for access, Claroty found hidden routes that gave access to some of the web functions without a password.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But Amazon’s legal troubles demonstrate how the fast action and rapid reversals that served the e-commerce giant so well on the web may not translate to the physical world.
    — Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The move potentially heralds a big shift in how people use computers, apps, and the web, with clever AI programs completing chores on their behalf.
    — WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Defining Liveblogs Although liveblogs are native to the Web, they also are adapted for consumption through mobile news apps.
    — Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Now, enshittification put a name to this pervasive feeling about technology, and especially the tools of the Web 2 era.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • Threads, the newest social media platform from Facebook's parent company Meta, is coming to the web and desktop computers over the next few days, the company says.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • And a set of policy proposals that aim to restore parents’ ability to shepherd their kids on the wild west that is the Web all recorded high levels of support across parents from both political sides.
    — Patrick T. Brown, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Comments on the Web page from Rubio, Dixon, and others questioned the results, pointing to, at minimum, sloppy methods and descriptions.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
  • On a piece of notebook paper, Robinson-Goodnight recently jotted down in bright-blue ink the web of businesses that her family has lost over the years — a variety store, a coffee shop, a bar.
    — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • To fully empower customers to make healthier meat choices, Meat N’ Bone makes its marketplace accessible via the web and a simple mobile app.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023

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