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as in netting
a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals
didn't like to embroider network as it tore so easily
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2
as in system
something made up of many interdependent or related parts
a telephone network
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as in community
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
being gradually introduced to the network of African-American business leaders in the city
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as in to deal
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Recent Examples of network
Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Fox Sports owns half of the league, and Birmingham finished as one of the top viewership markets on the network last season.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Thomas Smith, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2025
The program will feature exclusive film and documentary showcases, networking events, and presentations of new international co-production initiatives, with further details to be announced in the coming months.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The network also revealed a further slate of longstanding Opry members who will be making appearances on the telecast, including Bill Anderson, Jeannie Seely, Lauren Alaina, Sara Evans, Scotty McCreery, Chris Janson and Dustin Lynch.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Fox Sports owns half of the league, and Birmingham finished as one of the top viewership markets on the network last season.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
There’s also industry panels, networking opportunities and more in its extensive programme.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2025
The program will feature exclusive film and documentary showcases, networking events, and presentations of new international co-production initiatives, with further details to be announced in the coming months.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for network
Noun
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In the first three months of the war, the archive collected dreams featuring air raids, fireworks, Molotov cocktails, shells, guns, railway stations, debris, drones, soldiers, bunkers, planes, concrete blockades, loudspeakers, camouflage netting, alarm backpacks, Telegram and Signal networks.—
Mireille Juchau,
The Dial,
4 Feb. 2025
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Another row of six towers and netting, some of them 130-feet-tall, just beyond the existing structures and running for about 260 feet along Edgewood Road.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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But while the stakes are high, Andrews believes the collective’s potential reward outweighs the risk of implementing an entirely new sponsorship system three years before the next summer Olympics.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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During his tenure, City Hall launched an online child care application system known as MyCity and dramatically reduced copays for the lowest income families.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Aren’t there laws concerning having disabled parking?— D.J., Rancho Santa Margarita Q: Our board recently voted to change the parking rules within the community and now disabled stalls will follow the visitor parking rules, so a car is towed after six nights within a month.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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The couple were active in the community, dining out and shopping at Whole Foods.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The trade for Jackson comes a year to the day after general manager Ryan Poles dealt a fifth-round pick to the Buffalo Bills for veteran guard Ryan Bates.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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But tensions between Trump and Zelensky rose after Trump opened a dialogue with Putin over negotiating a ceasefire deal without initially including Ukraine in the talks.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Rossi, however, didn’t leave satisfied after hitting the side of the net with part of the cage gaping as the Wild pressed for the tying goal on a six-on-five late.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Palmer has now gone seven games in all competitions without finding the back of the net.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Back inside the main party space, a crowd formed not far from the entrance.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Mar. 2025
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In December, a car crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, west of Berlin, that resulted in five deaths and left more than 200 people injured.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Ryan, the founder of Article, a digital creative agency based in Toronto, continued to collaborate with Meghan on several high-profile projects, including the creation of the SussexRoyal.com and Archewell.org websites, as well as Sussex.com.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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Shortly before soaring to the A-list with Top Gun, Tom Cruise collaborated with director Ridley Scott on a fantasy film that the performer would be happy to forget.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
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February is ending and March is beginning and with a new month comes a whole bunch of new shows and movies to watch on all your favorite streaming services.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Rather than wait for the cavalry to arrive in the unlikely form of a bunch of hitherto untapped categories, the sales guys instead chopped the commercial running times in half, thereby making their inventory a great deal more affordable.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Network.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/network. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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