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of the world

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of the world

  1. Used following one or more plurals of proper nouns to indicate a general category relating to those mentioned.
    The YouTubes of the world
    – Online streaming platforms similar to YouTube
    • 2011 January 26, “The YouTubes Of The World That You’ve Never Heard Of”, in Business Insider[1], archived from the original on 12 November 2021:
    • 2019 July 15, “Islands in the stream”, in Otago Daily Times[2]:
      It'll be a long time before the Netflixes of the world will start getting in on that market so it's one area we can live in and live in well.