digital divide
noun
: the economic, educational, and social inequalities between those who have computers and online access and those who do not
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This is what has been known as the digital divide.
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Raymond Pierce, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Rural Americans are still far less likely to have access to broadband than those living in urban and suburban areas, an issue policymakers refer to as the digital divide.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Others may lose Internet access entirely, further widening the digital divide that dial-up, for all its limitations, helped bridge for 34 years.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
The support is part of a larger effort to close the digital divide — the gap between people who have access to technology and the internet and those who don’t.
—Dan Pollock, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2025
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Raymond Pierce, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Rural Americans are still far less likely to have access to broadband than those living in urban and suburban areas, an issue policymakers refer to as the digital divide.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Others may lose Internet access entirely, further widening the digital divide that dial-up, for all its limitations, helped bridge for 34 years.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
The support is part of a larger effort to close the digital divide — the gap between people who have access to technology and the internet and those who don’t.
—Dan Pollock, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for digital divide
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“Digital divide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital%20divide. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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