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net

[net] / nɛt /






VERB
gain after expenses
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However, so far at least, the party has yielded a net gain of just 25 seats.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Analysts polled by Visible Alpha had forecast net profit at 2.62 billion euros.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Economists expect a net 55,000 jobs were created, down from 178,000 in March.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Japanese auto giant Toyota forecast Friday a 22-percent fall in net profit in the year to next March, as it struggles with the effects of US tariffs and the Middle East war.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

I told Grandpa everything that had happened from the time I jerked the blue ring on the net until the monkeys got away.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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