cyberspace
noun
cy·ber·space
ˈsī-bər-ˌspās 
: the online world of computer networks and especially the Internet
Examples of cyberspace in a Sentence
We send e-mails through cyberspace.
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As Angela Bassett’s President Sloane explains, The Entity is so fully entrenched in cyberspace by now that destroying it would also take down the web.
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James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Grace, an expert pickpocket, removes the thumb drive at the exact millisecond the Entity is trapped inside, allowing for the artificial intelligence's capture without triggering a nuclear war or destruction of cyberspace across Earth.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 23 May 2025
Although not a household name like the CIA or FBI, the NSA is a vast and extremely high-tech spying agency that specializes in gathering signals intelligence – more commonly known as electronic eavesdropping - around the world, in space and more recently in cyberspace.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Governments, corporations and law enforcement must act decisively — closing legal loopholes, enforcing stronger regulations and fostering global cooperation — or risk ceding control of cyberspace to an unregulated shadow industry.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Grace, an expert pickpocket, removes the thumb drive at the exact millisecond the Entity is trapped inside, allowing for the artificial intelligence's capture without triggering a nuclear war or destruction of cyberspace across Earth.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 23 May 2025
Although not a household name like the CIA or FBI, the NSA is a vast and extremely high-tech spying agency that specializes in gathering signals intelligence – more commonly known as electronic eavesdropping - around the world, in space and more recently in cyberspace.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Governments, corporations and law enforcement must act decisively — closing legal loopholes, enforcing stronger regulations and fostering global cooperation — or risk ceding control of cyberspace to an unregulated shadow industry.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Cyberspace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cyberspace. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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cyberspace
noun
cy·ber·space
ˈsī-bər-ˌspās
: the online world of computer networks
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