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net

adjective as in profiting

noun as in mesh, web

verb as in capture

verb as in gain after expenses

Weak match

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He came close to breaking that record in his first season by scoring 52 goals, helping City to a Treble of trophies, before netting 38 and 34 in the past two campaigns.

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The Zambian hosts trailed twice in a first half which ended 2-2 before taking a two-goal lead that was halved when Galaxy netted with one minute of regular time remaining.

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The systems explode, collide, fire pellets, jam radios, beam lasers and even shoot nets like Spider-Man.

I have $30,000 in stocks and shared ownership of a house in another state which, if sold, would net me $125,000.

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Oracle had already raised $18 billion of debt last month, but Reitzes expects the company to issue more bonds in the coming years, which could cause net margins to dip slightly in the future.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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