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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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Some of the damage to the bridge was caused when materials under the bridge deck including synthetic materials, safety netting and conduit were ignited by the fire on the Sawyer Point 1000 Hands playground beneath the bridge.
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Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2024
Early critics warned the structure’s low railings and lack of netting would allow for suicide attempts.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
Not long afterward, a derrick anchored offshore and began clawing apart the bluff, clouding Lake Michigan as neighbors, standing on tiptoes, held their phones above the privacy netting and gaped.
—Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024
Two architecture critics told CNN the netting appears to address functional safety concerns about people jumping.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
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Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2024
Early critics warned the structure’s low railings and lack of netting would allow for suicide attempts.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
Not long afterward, a derrick anchored offshore and began clawing apart the bluff, clouding Lake Michigan as neighbors, standing on tiptoes, held their phones above the privacy netting and gaped.
—Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024
Two architecture critics told CNN the netting appears to address functional safety concerns about people jumping.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
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 Nov. 2024.
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