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jettison

[jet-uh-suhn, -zuhn] / ˈdʒɛt ə sən, -zən /


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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

"He managed to change his voice and not jettison or sacrifice any of his Welshness. You hear the same thing in Anthony Hopkins," Mr Talfan said.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025

He set Hester down again and leaned out to jettison three bags of ballast.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

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

Ultimately, Franco jettisons his characters for the sake of unearned plot twists that leave the viewer feeling only icky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 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

It jettisons redemption by excluding from the Redeemer all kinship with that which He came to redeem.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce

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

As Wyatt-Hodge took the crowd's acclaim and left the field, it was the jettisoned Dunkley who met her first by the boundary edge.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 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

Were there any that were jettisoned before the final ten were written in stone?

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

Drivers even have the option of jettisoning doors for a rope to enclose them and a roll-up soft-top roof, if they choose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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




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