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networks

NOUN

system of connections

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chain grid net organization structure system web

STRONG

arrangement artery checkerboard circuitry complex convolution crisscross fabric fiber grill grillwork hookup interconnections jungle labyrinth maze mesh netting nexus patchwork plexus reticulation reticule screening tessellation tracks wattle weave wiring

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disorganization

VERB

to socialize for professional or personal gain

Synonyms

STRONG

associate circulate hobnob meet mingle schmooze

WEAK

make contacts meet and greet rub elbows

Antonyms

STRONG

avoid disconnect disjoin divide separate

Example Sentences

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Bris urged the government to instead continue its reforms of SiS homes, and to strengthen networks around children in institutional care to ensure they do not fall back into criminality on their release.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Since the beginning of May, those two data sets show approximately 96 million barrels of confirmed non-Iranian crude exiting the Persian Gulf through either direct Hormuz transits or Gulf of Oman-linked export networks, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

When phosphatidylcholine levels were increased in older C. elegans, mitochondrial networks became more stable and energy production improved.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

More often, leaders at the companies that retain her tap their own networks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The suspects then got word to their Nazi handlers that the networks were compromised.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield