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jut

[juht] / dʒʌt /


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The domes of mosques jut into the air alongside church spires.

From Barron's Mar. 14, 2026

Four massive concrete slabs jut into the room at second-story level, a move that is meant to celebrate structure—the museum’s director calls them “internal flying buttresses.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

“Opening the door for this stuff is jut going to open the floodgates. For all kinds of materials. It’s a shame.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2025

In particular, they studied disruptions in the pedestal called ballooning instabilities: bulges of plasma that jut out, like the end of a long balloon when squeezed.

From Science Daily May 28, 2024

Her black eyebrows jut down as she frowns.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Many swam around a small border barrier that juts out into the Mediterranean Sea.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

A diving board juts into the frame to dominate the right corner.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Suoyuwan park in Dalian, which juts out of north-eastern China into the Yellow Sea, has stunning views of one of China's largest shipyards, and is a place to gather and be merry.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2025

At the entrance to Palm Springs stands the gas station he designed, now a visitor center, where a sweeping steel canopy juts out like a jet plane wing.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2024

“My dad”—he juts his lip out—“my mom”—she nods, all smiles—“and my sister, Sarah”—she reaches out a hand.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

The ferry had tilted backwards, its stern sinking into the sea bed while its bow jutted into the sky like a blade.

From Barron's Dec. 2, 2025

Vaughan was evacuated from Gaza last month, bidding goodbye to colleagues and patients who were so malnourished their bones jutted from their skin like tent poles.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2025

Two more horns jutted out from above its eyes.

From Science Magazine Jun. 20, 2024

Scheffler just looked at his caddie, Ted Scott, the bottom lip slightly jutted as if to say, “Not bad.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2024

And so many canals and channels jutted this way and that, Barry couldn’t keep track of them all.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis

The ornate stone balconies of the decaying colonial townhouses jutting above your head are liable to collapse at any moment.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

And then there are the rectangular prisms jutting out of the floor, standing 20 feet apart from the last, with LED screens blasting clips from the movie into viewers’ subconscious.

From Salon Apr. 20, 2026

In this photograph, the contraption’s legs can be glimpsed jutting out from behind Lincoln’s knees; it had been placed on a black box to extend its reach.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

“I’m working late ’cause I’m a singer,” she sang as she strutted down a runway jutting onto the arena floor.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2025

I picture a ring of black rocks jutting out from the shore, stark against the blue sea—and bobbing ridiculously around in this idyllic pool, twenty coconuts waiting to be a raft.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr




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