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

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Yet the core takeaway of Against Platforms is that none of this is truly new, and began as long ago as the dot-com bubble, at the turn of the millennium. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025 Another area of concern is the equity market, where valuations of stocks relative to earnings are reminiscent of the late 1990s dot-com bubble and in 2021′s post-lockdown boom. Jesse Pound, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025 The most recent comparable period of consecutive high-yield years was during the build-up to the dot-com bubble between 1995 and 1998. Dan Irvine, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 Howard Marks, one of the most respected value investors, who famously foresaw the dot-com bubble, is pointing out a handful of red flags in the market such as valuation that could mean poor returns over the long term or a sizable decline nearer term. Yun Li, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dot-com 

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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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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