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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
Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Dahlia cages look a little like square tomato cages, but gardeners have been known to use wooden or bamboo stakes, twine, and grid-like netting or mesh to keep these colorful blooms upright.
—Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 6 June 2026
Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
But the consensus is that Colbert’s politics — and perhaps most of late-night’s — don’t mesh with those of Paramount’s CEO, David Ellison, and maybe even not with those of a chunk of the potential audience.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026
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Noun
Their lightweight material and breathable mesh exterior add to that comfortable feeling, especially as temperatures continue to rise.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Dahlia cages look a little like square tomato cages, but gardeners have been known to use wooden or bamboo stakes, twine, and grid-like netting or mesh to keep these colorful blooms upright.
—Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 6 June 2026
Verb
Boyle puts extra meat on Patrick’s bare bones with a soulful performance that meshes precisely with Petticrew’s turn as the slight-in-stature but formidably strong-willed Shiv.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
But the consensus is that Colbert’s politics — and perhaps most of late-night’s — don’t mesh with those of Paramount’s CEO, David Ellison, and maybe even not with those of a chunk of the potential audience.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesh
Noun
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Its partner-rival OpenAI has had plans to combine its ChatGPT app and its Codex coding tool with its web browser into a single destination.—
Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Now, satellite images reviewed by Reuters show Beijing is building a sprawling web of launch pads, bunkers and communications nodes near the isolated nuclear silos that hold the Chinese military’s longest-range missiles.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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Using physical barriers such as chicken wire, garden netting, wire cloches, and more can protect your fruits, veggies, and plants from hungry squirrels.—
Molly Burford,
Southern Living,
6 June 2026
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His heart and hope lie inside a grey warehouse a few miles from Highway 34 in Weld County, his heaven a canvas of black netting and neon-green paint.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
6 June 2026
Verb
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Part of a trash chute had to be cut open to rescue a woman trapped inside.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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The small animal was trapped nearly six feet down inside the tube, with no easy way out.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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The design that emerges from this tangle of technological, institutional, urban, and aesthetic forces is a triumph of clarity.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
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Before 2014, bull kelp—a whip-like kelp with bulbous air bladders and trailing blades —stretched across Northern California’s coastline in dense tangles.—
Tatjana Baleta,
Time,
28 May 2026
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Carolina generated a ton of shots from around the Vegas net and scored all four of its goals from right in front.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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Robert Frank,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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“Mesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesh. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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