dragnet
Example Sentences
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The agency uses these “compliance research examinations” to determine the tax gap and adjust its dragnets, including a closely guarded formula that is intended to catch tax cheats.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022
What's more, Cahn said, geofence warrants simply aren't effective for most police work — they're good at casting "broad digital dragnets" but bad at identifying whether someone actually is a likely suspect.
From Salon • May 24, 2022
Trawlers use long dragnets to catch fish and process them in factories onboard.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2022
The digital era has enabled Oxford lexicographers to run dragnets deeper and deeper through the language, but it has also threatened to capsize the operation.
From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2018
I think that dragnets have often come down and have been mistaken for whirlwinds and waterspouts.
From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles
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