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Discover LudwigThe phrase "were online" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone or something was connected to the internet at a specific time in the past. Example: "Yesterday, many users were online during the live stream event."
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were online
adjective
Describes a system which is connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
synonyms
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There were online petitions too.
By 1995, all students were online.
Amazon and eBay were online by 1995.
My address and my parents' address were online.
I mistakenly thought the Bryans were online as well.
The first students were online two months later.
For the equivalent period last year, 15percentt were online and 17percentt were through catalogs.
Agriculture officials said 43percentt of farmers were online in 2001.
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Whenever the hackers who worked when it was daytime in eastern China were online, he tried to be online, too.
It's online learning.
(A video is online).
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