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  1. lurking

    In Internet culture, a lurker is typically a member of an online community who observes, but does not participate. The exact definition depends on context. Lurkers make up a large proportion of all users in online communities. Lurking allows users to learn the conventions of an online community before they participate, improving their socialization when they eventually "de-lurk". However, a lack of social contact while lurking sometimes causes loneliness or apathy among lurkers.Lurkers are referred to using many names, including browsers, read-only participants, non-public participants, legitimate peripheral participants, vicarious learners, or sleepers.

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  1. Lurking

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lurking in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lurking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of lurking in a Sentence

  1. John Pappas:

    ( Bampumim Teixeira was) looking, waiting, lurking, out front, out back, for just the right opportunity to present itself.

  2. Dennis Potter:

    Politics is still crucially important. Our choices are vital, and we've got to make them, and not just say, 'Oh, they're all the same.' They are all the same in certain ways, alas -- a political animal is such an animal. But lurking somewhere behind their rhetoric and their spittle are important choices that we should make.

  3. Daniel Swain:

    That couple of degrees of [ average ] warming over decades... you don't notice it as much, but it's still there lurking in the background, sucking extra moisture out of the vegetation and the soil.

  4. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

    I have a secret. I started a TikTok account. But I haven't told anybody what it is. I'm just lurking, waiting for my moment.

  5. Bankim Hazra:

    They are very easily misled by traffickers and agents lurking around, who promise a fantastic life in the cities, the kind that the mainstream media project.

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