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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Some tech-savvy Chinese netizens can use a VPN to access the internet from the rest of the world, but most people are not interested in seeking external sources of political information.
    King-Wa Fu, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2019
  • McCourt says everyday netizens have gotten a raw deal, exchanging the totality of their privacy for a free app or online service.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024

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