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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

The swift text-email combination marked yet another evolution in the often-changing tactics employers deploy to jettison workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 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

These articles, he claimed, caused him to abandon the plan and to jettison all hope of ever succeeding at such a scheme in the future.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The production, co-directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, jettisons the animal masquerade for a different kind of drag extravaganza.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 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

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

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 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

Nike has dumped its longtime China leadership, jettisoned other top employees and acknowledged “structural” challenges in the country, which is now the worst-performing part of its global operations.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

The business exploded racking up millions of customers as it jettisoned the post office to an internet-based business.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

On the surface of it, Poppea is about lust and ambition conquering all, with poor old virtue, decency and good governance being jettisoned in the process.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

The New York Times’ crossword is synonymous with its current editor, Will Shortz, who gave the puzzle a refresh in the 1990s, jettisoning academic jargon and obscurities in favor of layered puns and pop-culture references.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 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

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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