How to Use social network in a Sentence

social network

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  • Twitter has been in a tither since Elon Musk took over at the social network.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The rise of social networks has proven that Huxley was right and Orwell was wrong.
    — Jonathan Taplin, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2023
  • In terms of pants, there are five styles that have taken over the streets, shop windows, and social networks.
    — Mayte Salido, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Both of us have written about social networks for over a dozen years.
    — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 12 July 2023
  • Musk said the moves were necessary to stem losses at the social network.
    — Time, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Press Enter to skip to end of carousel More than just a hit, TikTok has blown up the model of what a social network can be.
    — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • A month into Elon Musk's reign at Twitter, the chaos at the social network continues.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Like a party, a social network draws attendees if there are already some in the room.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The fastest-growing social network this year in the Asia-Pacific will be TikTok.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Some posts are delightful, riffing on the fresh chords of a new social network, one that’s still finding its rhythm.
    — WIRED, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The world’s richest man is now in charge of the struggling social network after six months of public and legal wrangling over the deal.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The thing people forget is that the migrant social networks are very potent.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
  • MySpace was the world-beating social network once upon a time.
    — PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Their users are all gambling, investing time in the hope that they’ll soon be logged on to the dominant social network of the future.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
  • Friends and colleagues recalled Massey’s love of music and vast social network.
    — Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
  • It’s been about 12 years since the giant social network Facebook went public.
    — Peter Cohan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The world’s richest man with a net worth around $200 billion according to Bloomberg News, has long been a power user of the social network.
    — Hamza Shaban, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Elon Musk became the owner of Twitter on Oct. 27, paying $44 billion for the social network.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Meanwhile, like a social network from the late 2000s, Artifact has its sights set firmly on text.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Truth Social is both a replica and the antithesis of Twitter-like social network Mastodon.
    — WIRED, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Meta isn’t the only social network to get in legal trouble this year, either.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
  • What is certain is the power of the song and its meaning, which has generated a great deal of debate on social networks.
    — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The startup announced the funding round in a post on Musk’s X social network, formerly known as Twitter.
    — Sarah McBride, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The biggest social network was Facebook and there were no streaming platforms.
    — Isabelia Herrera, Pitchfork, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Embracing the value of a broader social network can lead us to a more enriched life overall.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Grandparents, once rare, become a fixture of the social network.
    — Herman Pontzer, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The law also requires these social networks to give parents in the state access to posts, messages, and responses.
    — Tanay Howard, Parents, 13 Mar. 2024
  • They are made up of humans, many of whom have complex jobs overseeing niche parts of the social network, much of which is unseen to the average user.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Alex Jones, the extreme far-right talk-show host and conspiracy theorist, joined the social network.
    — Talal Ansari, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The internet and social networks have since fed us that segregation on steroids.
    — Stephan Said, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023

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