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: the act or process of making a net or network
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: 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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Attach the netting to overhanging eaves and angle back to the area on the siding where the damage occurs, or drape it over stakes to keep them away from deck posts, says Mengak.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
The main thing between Hurley and cutting down the netting for the third time in four years could be himself.
—Takashi Williams, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The same goes for landscape netting, monofilament, and fake spider webs.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 10 Mar. 2026
Then, two shots from outside the box bounced off the bar, the second of which rebounded off the frame, hit Soluren’s back and still didn’t find the netting.
—Aro Majumder, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
The main thing between Hurley and cutting down the netting for the third time in four years could be himself.
—Takashi Williams, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The same goes for landscape netting, monofilament, and fake spider webs.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 10 Mar. 2026
Then, two shots from outside the box bounced off the bar, the second of which rebounded off the frame, hit Soluren’s back and still didn’t find the netting.
—Aro Majumder, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
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 16 Mar. 2026.
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