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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
Recent Examples on the Web
In recent years, signs about local wildlife and the Dana Point Headlands have been added, vibrant art has spruced up the restroom building and netting was added to keep birds from gathering and pooping into the water.
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The ball was flying toward the netting behind home plate.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
In a clip from the moment during the third inning, the Puerto Rican artist — whose real name is Benito Martínez Ocasio — initially shielded his head with his arm as the ball careened over the netting and began to fall near his seat.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
But Ezequiel Tovar’s foul ball down the third base line was caught against the netting by Matt Chapman.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The ball was flying toward the netting behind home plate.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
In a clip from the moment during the third inning, the Puerto Rican artist — whose real name is Benito Martínez Ocasio — initially shielded his head with his arm as the ball careened over the netting and began to fall near his seat.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
But Ezequiel Tovar’s foul ball down the third base line was caught against the netting by Matt Chapman.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 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 24 Oct. 2025.
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