jettison
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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
"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
As stains and stench accumulated, the restaurant’s manager built a chute on the roof and threatened to jettison the garbage directly onto Olmsted’s precious lawns.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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 book written by David Thompson with Sharon Washington maintains the film’s immediate post-World War II jubilance but jettisons much of the plot that was specific to De Niro and Minnelli.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
This slimmed-down package jettisons some of the more controversial elements of the earlier plan.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2021
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
“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
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
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
Ten peculiar children and one peculiar bird were made to fit in just three stout rowboats, with much being jettisoned and left behind on the dock.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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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.
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
It’s hard to imagine that Les Snead and Sean McVay were not in lockstep over jettisoning Ernest Jones and getting next to nothing in return.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
Suddenly the thing exploded, jettisoning an amazing amount of tunnel waste directly at the unfortunate manservant.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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