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jettison

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


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She isn't cavalier enough to jettison everything, though: Both 7 Rings and her Lady Gaga duet Rain On Me raise the roof.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 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

For one day a week, employees could jettison their suits and pantyhose and heels and wear… no one was quite sure at first, although Levi’s Dockers played a big role, at least for men.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

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

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

In his directorial debut, John Travolta takes a swing so big that it knocks him off his feet and jettisons him into the air — 30,000 feet in the air, to be exact.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 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

As Diwan jettisons the latter two components of “Happening,” the narrative loses some of what makes Ernaux’s work sui generis, but in so doing it takes on new universality.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2022

This slimmed-down package jettisons some of the more controversial elements of the earlier plan.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2021

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

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

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

The Cube – a massive structure of flats and offices that could have contained the Empire State Building 20 times over – has been jettisoned entirely.

From BBC ● May 25, 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

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

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

The lawmakers questioned if Genesis may be abusing the bankruptcy system by selling the business at a discount to insiders while jettisoning an estimated $259 million in personal-injury and other litigation claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 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

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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