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net

[net] / nɛt /






VERB
gain after expenses
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Given tons of time and space just outside the penalty area, she settled a short pass from Sentnor, then patiently chipped forward a right-footed shot that Boston defender Deja Davis inadvertently headed into the net.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

BT said its deal provided "a safety net" for TalkTalk customers as their broadband provider faced collapse without the takeover.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The Federal Reserve’s latest Survey of Consumer Finances found inflation-adjusted median family net worth reached $215,900.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

Operating earnings came in 10% ahead of consensus and adjusted net income beat by 15%, Stone notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“One minute I had two in the net, and the next minute they were gone. I was pretty busy at the time and didn’t see exactly what did happen.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Both kinds of calls netted agreement from a little over 50% of both strangers and friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Dzeko netted 50 Premier League goals for Manchester City, with more than a quarter of those coming as a substitute.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

He netted on average every 88 minutes when used as a replacement.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The rosier view comes after the company netted sales of 374.2 million euros for the year’s third quarter, up 13.5% from a year earlier, and picking up a little pace from the first six months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

He had five other optometrists working for him in the shopping plaza location, and netted over sixty thousand dollars a year.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

Forward Evanilson continues his fine goalscoring form by netting in a fourth Premier League match in a row to help Bournemouth defeat Leeds United at the Vitality Stadium.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

“It looks like Kharkiv. It looks like the netting they have on the front line,” said Eric Woods, an independent security analyst and longtime Russia observer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

They demonstrated their hunting prowess which involves trapping animals in netting set up around the jungle.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Down the road in the forest, two Canadian Leopard tanks were parked at an intersection, without any of the netting and drone defenses that have become indispensable in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ships sat docked along the pier, a mess of rope and netting with sailors calling to each other, too busy to notice the royal procession.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas


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