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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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With two on, two outs and the Dodgers desperately looking for an answer against Burnes, Hernandez got a 1-and-2 slider over the plate and deposited it 413 feet onto the netting beyond the center field wall.
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Kyle Glaser, Oc Register, 22 May 2025
Extending protective netting has been a longstanding conversation among Major League Baseball officials, and the Rockies — along with dozens of other teams — have increased netting coverage in the past.
—Katie Langford, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Alexander Canario singled and Jared Triolo hit one that went right through the netting in Mark Vientos‘s glove at third base for a double.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
While half of the carcasses were available to all scavengers, the other half were put in a cage with netting, preventing larger animals (including vultures) from eating them.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
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Kyle Glaser, Oc Register, 22 May 2025
Extending protective netting has been a longstanding conversation among Major League Baseball officials, and the Rockies — along with dozens of other teams — have increased netting coverage in the past.
—Katie Langford, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Alexander Canario singled and Jared Triolo hit one that went right through the netting in Mark Vientos‘s glove at third base for a double.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
While half of the carcasses were available to all scavengers, the other half were put in a cage with netting, preventing larger animals (including vultures) from eating them.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 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 30 May. 2025.
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