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as in netting
a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals the basketball didn't go into the basket—it just hit the net

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as in to earn
to receive after charges and deductions have been made the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal

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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 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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Though construction has been known since spring 2024 and was suspected to be a new destroyer, identifying features were obscured for much of that time by netting. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 Use fine tree or garden netting with holes that are no larger than ¼-inch. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for net

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“Net.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/net. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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