: connected to, served by, or available through a system and especially a computer or telecommunications system (such as the Internet)
an online database
also
: done while connected to such a system
online shopping
online games
online searching
online
adverb
Examples of online in a Sentence
The city libraries are all online.
He likes to engage in online chats.
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Grant termination led to four job losses The professors used their $150,000 grant to hire a full-time postdoctoral research fellow to help build an online map that would be searchable by address and include deed documents.
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Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
Ultimately, returns are here to stay and will develop alongside the growth of online shopping.
—Brandon Batchelor, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The audience for these bands is more confusing than ever, split between the extremely online humorists and the more earnest ticket buyers, who probably never stopped loving these bands in the first place.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2025
Jewelry designer Avigail Adam, 43, runs her own business, simply named Avigail Adam, with both an online website and physical stores in Pennsylvania.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
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Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
Ultimately, returns are here to stay and will develop alongside the growth of online shopping.
—Brandon Batchelor, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The audience for these bands is more confusing than ever, split between the extremely online humorists and the more earnest ticket buyers, who probably never stopped loving these bands in the first place.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2025
Jewelry designer Avigail Adam, 43, runs her own business, simply named Avigail Adam, with both an online website and physical stores in Pennsylvania.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for online
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“Online.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/online. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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