jettison
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Markets aren’t cynical enough to jettison their bets on tech, however, and continue to ride the sector’s extraordinary gains into the start of the new month.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
American readers might jettison their habit of seeing history as disconnected events rather than a single flow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
High-profile announcements from companies over the past few years promising to jettison the bachelor’s degree as a hiring requirement largely haven’t resulted in action.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2025
The decision to jettison the report’s traditional explanatory narrative was announced to EIA staff in a March 10 internal email, after the document was largely complete following months of work.
From Salon ● May 6, 2025
On the other hand, we had to be a hundred percent certain not to jettison the parachutes before the spacecraft hit the water.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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The new approach jettisons everything we’ve learned over 60 years: that international development is successful when lasting partnerships are built upon a foundation of goodwill.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
Although they live within their means, Man-su’s termination jettisons the You family from their tax bracket and thrusts its patriarch down a rabbit hole of shame and emasculation.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025
The Tony recognizes Groff’s empathetic portrayal of Franklin Shepard, a Juilliard-trained composer who jettisons his youthful idealism, his stage career and his co-writer to become a successful film producer.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
But the book unexpectedly jettisons its spiritual focus, leaving no clear reason for his mental break — instead, there’s a central mystery that makes “Yoga” as profoundly engaging as it is frustrating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
The starfish is often in the dilemma of losing a limb or its life; by a reflex action it jettisons the captured arm and escapes.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur
These experiences came to mind while hearing Danny take on a yet-to-be-previously attempted vampire voice as he dodged dirty looks and jettisoned drinkware.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
“External tanks were only used once. ... We jettisoned them on the way to orbit, and it burned up in the atmosphere before it hit Earth,” Jenkins said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Luis Enrique, who also won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2015, ordered his players to park egos at the door - or jettisoned those who would not.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
It could learn from India, which jettisoned antipathy toward Israel in the early 1990s, at around the same time that it embraced a more market-based economic outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
The first stage depleted its fuel, and the booster coasted for a fraction of a second as it jettisoned stage clamps via explosive bolts.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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It is a victory for the U.S. military, which went from blueprint to battle-ready drone in less than two years, jettisoning its tradition of slowly buying very expensive equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
What we found could help calm some nerves, and might even stop investors from making the mistake of jettisoning the big winners too early.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
A cyclist on Ngapipi Bridge, a mile away, heard a splash underneath him—Dillais jettisoning the motor—then saw the Zodiac coast under the bridge into Hobson Bay.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
It’s hard to imagine that Les Snead and Sean McVay were not in lockstep over jettisoning Ernest Jones and getting next to nothing in return.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
Suddenly the thing exploded, jettisoning an amazing amount of tunnel waste directly at the unfortunate manservant.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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