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: the act or process of making a net or network
3
: the act, process, or right of fishing with a net
Examples of netting in a Sentence
He put up wire netting around the garden.
wore a veil of netting
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Somehow, the attempt whistled into the netting in stunning fashion for a power-play goal, as Catholic Memorial seized a 2-0 advantage.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Only after the full netting process is the capital gains tax computed on the net gain or loss.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Icy winds fluttered the camouflage netting concealing the vehicle.
—Erin Banco, Anastasiia Malenko, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
On the east side, there was no curtain wall yet—just sky, and a waist-high barrier of wire and netting.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Only after the full netting process is the capital gains tax computed on the net gain or loss.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Icy winds fluttered the camouflage netting concealing the vehicle.
—Erin Banco, Anastasiia Malenko, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
On the east side, there was no curtain wall yet—just sky, and a waist-high barrier of wire and netting.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for netting
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“Netting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/netting. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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