often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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The 2008 financial crisis and the dot-com crash of 2000 were structural bear markets.
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Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The last mild recession in the U.S. was in 2001, when employment and corporate investment both fell in the wake of the dot-com bust.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The index’s sixth-best day since its beginning in 1971 came on March 13, 2020, as the Covid pandemic was hitting the U.S.
Of the 25 best days for the Nasdaq, including Wednesday, 22 took place during the dot-com collapse, the 2008-09 financial crisis or the early days of Covid.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
Since the turn of the century, the U.S. has experienced multiple recessions, including the dot-com recession, the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009, and the economic downturn spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
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Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The last mild recession in the U.S. was in 2001, when employment and corporate investment both fell in the wake of the dot-com bust.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The index’s sixth-best day since its beginning in 1971 came on March 13, 2020, as the Covid pandemic was hitting the U.S.
Of the 25 best days for the Nasdaq, including Wednesday, 22 took place during the dot-com collapse, the 2008-09 financial crisis or the early days of Covid.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
Since the turn of the century, the U.S. has experienced multiple recessions, including the dot-com recession, the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009, and the economic downturn spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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