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She instructed us to write down things we were “done with”—objects and emotions we were ready to jettison from our lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

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

Comcast this week announced its plans to jettison all but one cable channel into a separate, stand-alone publicly traded company that will take shape over the next year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

In a matter of only a few seconds, in fact, her eyes appeared to jettison everything that was dark and heavy and to glow with fan-club appreciation.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

The production, co-directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, jettisons the animal masquerade for a different kind of drag extravaganza.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

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 January closure of the downtown store jettisons a location that by itself had lost around $2 million in 2022 due largely to the absence of office workers since the pandemic.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024

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 J. Arthur Thomson

“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

The two dazed pilots jettisoned what was left of the canopy and jumped into the water, dodging the rotor blades, seconds before the helicopter sank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 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

As the board seized control, Tessellations jettisoned its holistic approach to identifying giftedness in favor of traditional IQ tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Once, when they hadn’t had enough space in the trunk of the Rabbit, Mia had jettisoned half of her clothing to make room.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

But, amid the hand-wringing and reviews, O'Shea believes the RFU was bounced too quickly into jettisoning a coaching group, which was led by Stuart Lancaster and also contained Farrell, Graham Rowntree and Mike Catt.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Plenty of investors these days are jettisoning anything that seems risky from their portfolios, but things that look like junk may not be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 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

There were high-profile stumbles, including jettisoning staff of the tiny Turner Classic Movies channel and an ill-conceived rebrand of its streamer to “Max” before changing the name back to HBO Max.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025

Basketball players did passing drills on deck, but the wind kept jettisoning the balls into the Atlantic.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand