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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

He’s flown too low to jettison his humanity.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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 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

He does not dispense two-dollar words; he keeps digressions tidy and to a minimum; he jettisons weight, on occasion, for speed.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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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