as in nets
a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals
wore a veil of netting
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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 -
The workers themselves could also be rough, using metal nets to slam macaques on the ground.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Nettings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nettings. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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