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as in web
usually meshes plural
something that catches and holds
a routine request that got hung up in the meshes of the state bureaucracy
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2
as in netting
a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals
spread a mesh across the doorway to keep out insects
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as in to trap
to catch or hold as if in a net
dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets
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Recent Examples of mesh
Tom Brant, PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025
This Oggi grease container solves this problem thanks to its large, 1-gallon capacity, stainless steel construction, and user-friendly design that has a stainless steel mesh strainer to keep small bits of food out of the oil or grease.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
Barron also calls out Dries Van Noten’s retro runners, which the retailer has picked up in a number of colorways for spring, from python to mesh to the below crisp white—there is something for everyone.
—Talia Abbas, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Netgear’s cheapest Wi-Fi 7 mesh system, the Orbi 770, is $699.99 for a two-pack.
—Tom Brant, PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025
This Oggi grease container solves this problem thanks to its large, 1-gallon capacity, stainless steel construction, and user-friendly design that has a stainless steel mesh strainer to keep small bits of food out of the oil or grease.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
Will Grimes mesh with new quarterback Billy Edwards Jr., who joins the program after a reasonably successful year at Maryland?
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
Barron also calls out Dries Van Noten’s retro runners, which the retailer has picked up in a number of colorways for spring, from python to mesh to the below crisp white—there is something for everyone.
—Talia Abbas, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesh
Noun
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Take a deep breath because these claims form just one part of a clumsy web of viral content, in which Ronaldo, Messi and their children are part of the collateral.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Among the many reasons the legal drama has fascinated Hollywood is the tangling web of relationships among the major players in the litigation.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Another row of six towers and netting, some of them 130-feet-tall, just beyond the existing structures and running for about 260 feet along Edgewood Road.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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In the first three months of the war, the archive collected dreams featuring air raids, fireworks, Molotov cocktails, shells, guns, railway stations, debris, drones, soldiers, bunkers, planes, concrete blockades, loudspeakers, camouflage netting, alarm backpacks, Telegram and Signal networks.—
Mireille Juchau,
The Dial,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Major American investors, including Trump allies, are involved with companies prospecting nickel, iron and rare earth elements, even though much of it is trapped far under frozen ground or ice (in some parts of Greenland, the ice is two miles thick).—
Jeffrey Gettleman,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Many states have regulations or laws about trapping and releasing feral swine, for example, in order to help reduce the spread.—
Alan Clemons,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Why isn’t there space for an organic unfurling, a messy tangle of threads that overlap and deviate?—
Rebekah Taussig,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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Figuring out why tangles are so tricky could help scientists predict when people’s snap judgments about a physical situation are likely to be wrong, leading to unsafe reactions.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rossi, however, didn’t leave satisfied after hitting the side of the net with part of the cage gaping as the Wild pressed for the tying goal on a six-on-five late.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Palmer has now gone seven games in all competitions without finding the back of the net.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Mesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesh. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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