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- the basketball didn't go into the basket—it just hit the net
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- drug runners caught in an elaborate net set by the police
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noun (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of net (Entry 2 of 4)
- his net for the year was about 60% of his total income
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- charge,
- cost,
- disbursement,
- expenditure,
- expense,
- loss,
- outgo,
- outlay
- the net of the report on race relations is that things are better but not good enough
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- bottom line,
- bull's-eye,
- centerpiece,
- core,
- crux,
- essence,
- gist,
- heart,
- kernel,
- keynote,
- meat,
- meat and potatoes,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nucleus,
- pith,
- pivot,
- point,
- root,
- sum
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verb (1)Synonyms & Antonyms of net (Entry 3 of 4)
- the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree
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- a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city
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“Net.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/net. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of net was before the 12th century
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