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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
Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
The actress and singer styled the look with a gold choker necklace and black mesh shoes.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
The style’s 100-percent organic cotton composition, too, will ensure these babies last you for years on end, meshing well with everything from Fair Isle sweaters to your sexiest date-night halter tops.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Noun
For suitcases, this may include dual main compartments with zippered mesh closures and compression straps, a pocketed divider, removable laundry or shoe bags, and interior zippered pockets of various sizes to keep your smallest essentials in order.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
The actress and singer styled the look with a gold choker necklace and black mesh shoes.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
The objective, when solely looking at the characters, doesn’t mesh with the struggles that have come before.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
The style’s 100-percent organic cotton composition, too, will ensure these babies last you for years on end, meshing well with everything from Fair Isle sweaters to your sexiest date-night halter tops.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesh
Noun
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Recently, the comic’s rising profile has led to high-profile roles in film and television, after featuring in Steven Soderbergh’s sci-fi web series Command Z and writing, producing, and starring in the indie comedy film Let’s Start a Cult.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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OpenAI has launched or revealed plans for a social-media app, a web browser, shopping inside ChatGPT, a personal device.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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In a clip posted to Instagram, Nicole — who dated Travis Kelce on and off from 2017 to 2022 — rocks a purple bikini topped by a revealing dress made of sparkly silver netting.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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Whoever dispatched that ambulance might be one of many employees at the Department of Emergency Communications who have felt uncomfortable, yelled at and trapped between their calling to help people and what several current and former dispatchers have called a hostile work environment.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Nov. 2025
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Most of Ukraine’s Donbas region, where the 17 were said to be trapped, is under Russian military control, and Moscow has been accused in the past by developing countries of recruiting their citizens to fight on its behalf under false pretenses.—
Reuters 16 hr ago,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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After spraying this before a braid takedown, my hair was visibly softer and easier to mange through tangles.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Having the best brush for your dog will keep its coat free of tangles and might even prevent a big bill at the groomer’s.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Vaquitas continued to be caught and unintentionally killed when fishers used these nets to target totoaba fish for their swim bladder—the part of a fish that regulates buoyancy—for sale in Chinese black markets.—
Ryan Green,
Scientific American,
6 Nov. 2025
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As the Capitals celebrated Ovechkin's milestone moment, Binnington, 32, removed the puck from the Blues' net with his stick and proceeded to tuck into the back of his pants.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Mesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesh. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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