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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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No matter your favorite fabrication—squishy netting and woven mesh are particularly popular right now—you’ll find an option on sale at Amazon.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 May 2025
Small shrubs such as roses can be covered in fine netting during the peak of beetle season.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
Major commercial fishing operations such as trawling and netting must halt, and vessels must return to their home ports to allow marine populations to recover.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
There was a rash of thefts in 2017, 2019 and again in 2022, according to Humane World for Animals, which has tracked the nettings.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 May 2025
Small shrubs such as roses can be covered in fine netting during the peak of beetle season.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
Major commercial fishing operations such as trawling and netting must halt, and vessels must return to their home ports to allow marine populations to recover.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
There was a rash of thefts in 2017, 2019 and again in 2022, according to Humane World for Animals, which has tracked the nettings.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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 17 May. 2025.
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