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as in web
usually meshes plural
something that catches and holds
a routine request that got hung up in the meshes of the state bureaucracy
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as in netting
a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals
spread a mesh across the doorway to keep out insects
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as in to trap
to catch or hold as if in a net
dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets
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Recent Examples of mesh
Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
Pour the nut milk through a fine mesh strainer or a nut milk bag to remove the pulp (the hazelnut pulp is fantastic stirred into pancake or muffin batter) and store the milk in a jar, shaking well before each use.
—Laura McLively, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
However, Kelly, Fries and Jackson will have to mesh with tackles Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Foldable and sold with a mesh bag, the vest is designed with travel in mind.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
Pour the nut milk through a fine mesh strainer or a nut milk bag to remove the pulp (the hazelnut pulp is fantastic stirred into pancake or muffin batter) and store the milk in a jar, shaking well before each use.
—Laura McLively, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Verb
Finish strong with the Asus ROG Rapture GT6 mesh Wi-Fi kit marked down by $180.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
However, Kelly, Fries and Jackson will have to mesh with tackles Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesh
Noun
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One web company, Meta, has explored Ethernet fabrics for AI clusters as well as InfiniBand, an alternative networking standard pioneered partly by Mellanox, a networking hardware maker that Nvidia acquired for $7 billion in 2020.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
14 May 2025
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Proton Mail wipes out web beacons, which are images that have no purpose beyond penetrating your privacy.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
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No matter your favorite fabrication—squishy netting and woven mesh are particularly popular right now—you’ll find an option on sale at Amazon.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
8 May 2025
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Small shrubs such as roses can be covered in fine netting during the peak of beetle season.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
7 May 2025
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Here's What the Director Has Teased Jack Nicholson's Son Ray Channels Dad's Creepy Grin in 'Smile 2' However, this victory is revealed to be a hallucination; in reality, Rose remains trapped within the house, and the entity overpowers her.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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This atmospheric river had been hovering over the Southeast for days, trapped by a strong high pressure system, before inching its way north.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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All of our experts agree that silk and satin bonnets protect hair from the harsh friction caused by cotton pillowcases, which can lead to dryness, tangles, frizz, and breakage over time.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
5 Apr. 2025
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But after the onset of dementia with high tau tangles, anti-tau therapy or one of the many other experimental approaches may be more effective.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Apr. 2025
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In a press conference, Suzman described the foundation’s work to come up with better bed nets and using new technological tools to make it so mosquitoes can’t carry malaria.—
Kerry A. Dolan,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Seventeen seconds later, Toronto’s Mitch Marner threw a shot from the point that Sergei Bobrovsky couldn’t see and somehow hit the net.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2025
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“Mesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesh. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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