How to Use netizen in a Sentence
netizen
noun-
Pepe the Frog is more or less a young netizen's worldwide mood.
— Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2019 -
Any avid netizen might tell you that Ice Spice's power seems to lie partly in always being in on the joke.
— Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024 -
According to some netizens, the handheld puffs are one of the best products to ever come from Little Caesars.
— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024 -
Over time, and especially in light of the 30th anniversary of the events in June, Chinese netizens are posting about the massacre on Weibo.
— King-Wa Fu, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2019 -
In this regard, the opinions of netizens are different.
— Janine Puhak, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018 -
Yet in terms of language, including what the state allows Chinese netizens to say online, a shift has occurred.
— The Economist, 12 July 2018 -
The photos went viral online with netizens noticing that there was an age gap between Chee and Maguire—Chee being 20 and Maguire being 49.
— Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 July 2024 -
The outraged response of many netizens in China to the African skit suggests a growing awareness at home that bigotry is a Chinese problem, too.
— The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018 -
Her tweets in Mandarin had been screenshot and passed around in WeChat groups of influential Chinese netizens.
— New York Times, 29 Jan. 2020 -
That means either overseas Chinese are involved, or netizens with access to online tools that allow them to vault the firewall.
— The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019 -
These apps may be well suited to predict the behavior of Chinese netizens, but their AI models may not hold for outside markets.
— Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2023 -
The rap went viral, receiving both criticism and praise from netizens.
— Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2024 -
One netizen urged fellow netizens to save money — by shopping in Japan.
— Evelyn Cheng,sonia Heng, CNBC, 26 July 2024 -
In its early days, the new law’s effects will be more about the power struggles behind the curtain of the world’s biggest companies; not about making netizens’ lives easier.
— Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024 -
The programs were designed to learn how to make conversation by listening to Chinese netizens.
— The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017 -
When the Grévin unveiled its latest wax star last week, netizens quickly began roasting the figure, which seemingly lacked Johnson’s skin tone.
— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023 -
Hack impact:When a top cybersecurity firm gets hacked, what is the takeaway for the average netizen?
— Eric Tucker, Tom Krisher, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2020 -
The actors wore dresses with floating straps which instantly perplexed viewers and netizens alike.
— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024 -
That’s giving rise to a new class of netizens, who are organizing behind causes and social movements in a manner not seen since the Cuban revolution.
— Washington Post, 8 July 2019 -
Chinese netizens began to push for transparency, accountability and the rule of law.
— New York Times, 29 Jan. 2020 -
Smaller startups introduced maps for Chinese netizens to track the number of virus infections in a neighborhood in real time.
— Liza Lin, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020 -
Online scams that previously targeted gullible netizens have reached a new level, thanks to the introduction of deepfakes and AI.
— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024 -
Kieran is caught up in angsty dynamics with other netizens, frustrated by his struggle to advance in the world, and irked by his lack of fruitful real-life relationships.
— Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2019 -
However, there appears to be a ton of people who may have missed or forgotten this bit of Black music lore, as netizens immediately thought Sean was dissing Kendrick Lamar.
— Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 17 July 2024 -
With that, the Panama Papers and the information in them was rendered inaccessible to all Chinese netizens.
— Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2018 -
As Thanksgiving approaches, netizens are taking to Instagram to show off their festive fall fits.
— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2023 -
Thais are avid netizens, spending an improbable ten hours online each day, according to the government.
— The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019 -
Customers could sign up for a 30-minute session that provided a one-on-one shopping experience, which quickly caught the attention of Chinese netizens and became a Weibo hot topic at one point.
— Denni Hu, WWD, 19 June 2024 -
Outraged by reports of businesses behaving badly, netizens often take to Yelp to express their disgust with a tidal wave of one-star ratings and negative reviews.
— Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2018 -
Chinese netizens across the country hailed Liang's honesty, with many saying the moment represented a collective national eye roll over the scripted news coverage of the rubber-stamp NPC.
— Steven Jiang, CNN, 14 Mar. 2018
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