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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
Recent Examples on the Web
Other safeguards that farmers have turned to in a bid to ward off potentially deadly carriers, according to Dr. Cardona: netting, noise machines and inflatable dancers.
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Linda Qiu, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Some guests sleep outdoors next to one of the vegetable plots and near the open kitchen, fitted with a wood-burning stove and shaded by recycled tarps and netting.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Cannon sported an all-white beekeeper's suit, fit with a hat and netting that came down around his face and neck to protect him.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
The Janelle Procope Theater – named after The Apollo’s former president who served for two decades in her role – is a tad smaller (only 99 seats) and serves educational programming needs with features including mesh safety netting for work on the grid.
—Matthew Wright, Essence, 13 Mar. 2024
For one measure, there’s $217 million spent just by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District on adding steel netting to prevent suicides by people jumping from that landmark span.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
Avoid using bird netting because its openings are typically too large to stop cicadas from crawling through.
—USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
The tent comes with mosquito netting that when gathered around the tent poles, looks like the elegant drapes of royalty on a picnic.
—Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
After he was stopped on a prime opportunity, Buffalo defenseman Rasmus Dahlin caught the puck that deflected off the netting above the boards, and then spiked it off the back of the goal.
—John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
Linda Qiu, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Some guests sleep outdoors next to one of the vegetable plots and near the open kitchen, fitted with a wood-burning stove and shaded by recycled tarps and netting.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Cannon sported an all-white beekeeper's suit, fit with a hat and netting that came down around his face and neck to protect him.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
The Janelle Procope Theater – named after The Apollo’s former president who served for two decades in her role – is a tad smaller (only 99 seats) and serves educational programming needs with features including mesh safety netting for work on the grid.
—Matthew Wright, Essence, 13 Mar. 2024
For one measure, there’s $217 million spent just by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District on adding steel netting to prevent suicides by people jumping from that landmark span.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
Avoid using bird netting because its openings are typically too large to stop cicadas from crawling through.
—USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
The tent comes with mosquito netting that when gathered around the tent poles, looks like the elegant drapes of royalty on a picnic.
—Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
After he was stopped on a prime opportunity, Buffalo defenseman Rasmus Dahlin caught the puck that deflected off the netting above the boards, and then spiked it off the back of the goal.
—John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Netting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/netting. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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