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jettison

verb as in eject; throw overboard

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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.

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To make peace, other dreams have to be jettisoned.

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Besides giving the producers, Sean Ono Lennon and Simon Hilton, cover for jettisoning the opening track, renaming the album and describing it as “reimagined” allows for some interesting creative liberties.

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.

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Increased focus on criminality and jettisoning citizenship pathways also stands to repel progressive members of the Democratic Party, stymying the potential for immigration reform regardless, Jones said.

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

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