flotsam
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The term refers to the letters, advisories, online FAQs, interpretations and other administrative flotsam and jetsam that agencies generate to explain how they will interpret laws and rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“It’s like humans are flotsam that don’t pose a threat, and aren’t food, so they’re ignored,” Lowe said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
"It was impossible not to conclude," he later wrote, that for Powell "the struggle was about achieving long-term objectives, not simply a mastery of the flotsam and jetsam of current events".
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024
Moreover, Musk’s unbanning of previously banned bad posters has resulted in some truly vile flotsam returning to the platform.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2023
It was a mystery why the skiff had washed up on our little island and not on Cuttyhunk where most treasure and flotsam came to rest.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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