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plural of net
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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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nets

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noun (2)

plural of net

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of net

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of net
as in earns
to receive after charges and deductions have been made the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal

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Recent Examples of nets
Noun
While not statistically significant, their experiments also found a higher catch rate of yellowtail fish in the illuminated nets. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025 After an explosive weekend offensively for the AHL Bakersfield Condors, this year’s Oilers prospects appear destined to fill nets across the hockey world. Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 These added to the new Grace design evoking fishermen’s nets with its knotted front construction and ankle strap and available either flat or in a stiletto sandal, in black or burgundy napa leather, as well as in green suede. Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025 Money speaks, the land listens, where the Anarchist skulked, where the horsethief plied his trade, we fishers of Americans will cast our nets of perfect ten-acre mesh, leveled and varmint-proofed, ready to build on. Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025 At the same time, the broadcast nets have become more aggressive in pushing viewers to their streaming platforms and away from their linear destinations, diverting eyeballs away from local TV. Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025 The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps. Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025 In some cases, units have also added anti-drone gear such as nets or cages to protect against aerial attacks. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025 Carolina had 326 net yards of offense, while New England produced 307 nets yards on their side of the field. Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
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For Kappahl, Hedin continued, staying within a consistent style—rather than trend chasing—nets a greater intersectional gain. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025 Nothing that nets to any new hirings given the federal government wipeout, the decline and fall of Biden’s pet projects, and the creation of meager health-care jobs and some small AI data center construction. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025 The base model nets you a Ryzen AI 9 365 processor, 16GB of memory, a 1TB SSD, a GeForce RTX 5060 GPU, and a 3K OLED screen. Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025 In one instance, Corum even negotiated an NIL deal that involved giving him a two percent stake in a real estate venture, which now nets him between $15,000 and $20,000 a year. Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Nets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nets. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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