How to Use social networking in a Sentence

social networking

noun
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  • For sure, James has his media and social networking platforms to share his message.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Friendships and social networking could make your days brighter in October.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Requests came streaming in as word spread through a neighborhood email group and Nextdoor, a social networking platform.
    — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Proud Boy networks on the social networking site Parler depict fights and melees, often set to rock music.
    — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The social networking app will also allow families to plan a Halloween night sightseeing route.
    — Coral Murphy, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The social networking site is also offering optional accessories to make the headset more comfortable to wear.
    — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Ren had 37 million followers on Weibo, a top Chinese social networking site.
    — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Activities with friends and social networking may brighten your September.
    — Magi Helena, oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Obligations at work may be requiring you to do more social networking, chatting, charming prospective clients, or managing public relations.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The idea is close to Facebook's core social networking roots.
    — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Morton, who works in the short-term rental business, is no stranger to the online social networking world.
    — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The decision is said to be the final one on Trump’s fate on the social networking platform.
    — al, 4 May 2021
  • At the start of the year, Gosar defended Fuentes on Gab, a social networking site that attracts the ultra-right-wing.
    — Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2022
  • So begins the war of the voices, to see which platform—if any—can rise to mainstream status and shape the future of social networking.
    — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The four arranged meetings with the victims using the social networking app Grindr, records state.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 23 June 2021
  • Still, the number of users for Meta’s social networking apps continued to rise.
    — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • In many ways, Peanut bucks the trends and expectations of social networking.
    — Blake Morgan, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The two of them co-founded FriendFeed, a social networking site, 13 years ago and sold it to Facebook a couple of years later.
    — Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 20 Dec. 2020
  • For much of the weekend, the video of the attack lit up WeChat, a social networking service used by many Chinese Americans.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
  • But Facebook will still argue that Kustomer is not a core part of its business and is not a social networking app.
    — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • These tweets are consistent with the manner in which Rogozin used the social networking site.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Musk agreed to buy the social networking site in April for $54.20 per share, but changed his mind and sought to back out of the deal a couple of months later as the markets suffered a sharp decline.
    — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • There are about 295 million social networking users in the U.S., according to Statista.
    — Francesca Gargaglia, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Elon Musk has responded to Twitter's plan to sue him after a deal to buy the social networking website fell through.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2022
  • The presentation quotes from Mein Kampf and links to Hitler’s page on a social networking site about books, according to the report.
    — Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The judge said in the opinion that the FTC failed to meet the burden for establishing that Facebook has a monopoly in social networking.
    — David McLaughlin, Fortune, 28 June 2021
  • And to the Facebook whistleblower who’s blown the whistle on the fact that … the social networking giant exists to make money, among other things.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Elon Musk’s reign of error over the past six months has led to a flood of talent and money into social networking companies.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 May 2023
  • Instagram, though very popular, is a different beast, more about social networking than photography, and doesn't have things like EXIF or even full-size viewing.
    — PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
  • But the professional social networking is incorporating some puzzle-like fun to help drive traffic.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 1 May 2024

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