wide net

collocation in English

meaningsofwideandnet

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wide
adjective
uk
/waɪd/us
/waɪd/
having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in comparison with the length of something; ...
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net
noun
uk
/net/us
/net/
material made of threads of rope, string, wire, or plastic with spaces between them, allowing gas, liquid, or small objects to go through, or an object made with this material that is used to limit the movement ...
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(Definition ofwideandnetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwide net

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The exploratory nature of this research casts awidenetand the qualitative data it collects cannot form the basis of sweeping generalisations.
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By casting awidenet, we hoped to capture similarities between genetic mates as well as similarities between biological risk mates.
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The common term 'electroacoustic' casts awidenet, but is commonly understood as restricted to loudspeaker-mediated presentation.
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It will be important to cast awidenetin studying potential autism broader phenotype traits.
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Herot presents a chapter using awidenetfor affect cues including voice, and shows both negative and positive affect in the family talk samples.
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It is a fairlywidenetthat we have cast in helping these people.
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It collaborates with intermediaries such as training and enterprise councils and chambers of commerce, and generally has gained access to awidenetof employers.
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The more serious delinquent will know how to escape this verywidenet.
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The police are not competent to judge the area of counter-productive political consequence that flows from having such awidenetavailable in their operations?
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The powers in clauses 36 and 38 already cast a fairlywidenet.
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This has arisen because of thewidenetwhich the levy spreads.
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How many authorities are likely to be caught by this extraordinarilywidenet?
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Indeed, the strength and vitality of liberty in a nation can be measured broadly by the degree of freedom to exercise that right without awidenetof legal prohibition.
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That is a verywidenet.
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That is an exceptionallywidenet.
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To find them we need to think creatively, cast awidenet, and recognize that we are unlikely to find one single answer for everybody.
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Transportation is developed through awidenetof highways and roads.
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However, this data is chaotically spread or decentralized in thewidenetof the web.
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Online dating patterns suggest that men are more likely to initiate online exchanges (over 75%) and extrapolate that men are less choosy, seek younger women, and cast awidenet.
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