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: the act or process of making a net or network
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: the act, process, or right of fishing with a net
Examples of netting in a Sentence
He put up wire netting around the garden.
wore a veil of netting
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Plastic netting or metal fencing around individual plants or a small garden area is very proactive at keeping squirrels away.
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Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
Tension cables would frame the netting on all four sides, not just at the top and bottom.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
The current bird netting has fallen into disrepair.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The protective netting that arches over so many of the roads in the eastern Donbas region – stopping drones in their tracks – is not your friend here, but a limitation on movement.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
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Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
Tension cables would frame the netting on all four sides, not just at the top and bottom.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
The current bird netting has fallen into disrepair.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The protective netting that arches over so many of the roads in the eastern Donbas region – stopping drones in their tracks – is not your friend here, but a limitation on movement.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for netting
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“Netting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/netting. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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