as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
just jettison that plan, because we know it won't work
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as in removal
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless
with his ship rapidly sinking, the captain ordered a last-ditch jettison of much of its cargo
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Recent Examples of jettison
James Boyd, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2025
While video replay showed Elliss’ hit was clean (and legal), the optics of Dart being jettisoned a few yards into his own sideline riled up several Giants players, including second-year tight end Theo Johnson, who immediately went after Elliss.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
Cassandra Jaramillo, ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2025
West Ham’s hierarchy often jettison managers when their Premier League status becomes precarious.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Verb
His resurgence in Indianapolis, less than a year after being jettisoned by the New York Giants, helped turn his new franchise into a dark-horse Super Bowl contender.
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The Trump administration’s budget proposal jettisons not only ERASE MM but a slate of programs known as the Safe Motherhood initiative, which aims to reduce risks such as premature births and infections that affect mothers and infants.
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Reserve the smooth strained mixture and discard any solids.—
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Health inspectors cite the bagel shop after the half-and-half at the customer self-service counter was not discarded at the appropriate time.—
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Some said they were held in detention centers for months before their deportation and were moved multiple times to detention centers in multiple states before their removal from the United States.—
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The attorneys for the Department of Justice argued that the preliminary injunction blocking Abrego Garcia’s removal to Liberia should be dissolved because the government received assurances from the government of the West African country that he will not be persecuted or tortured.—
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In a class-action suit, originally launched in 1993, the Cofán accused Texaco of dumping 18 billion gallons of oily wastewater across their ancestral lands between 1964 and 1990.—
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The novel follows children’s librarian Daphne after her fiancé, Peter, dumps her for his childhood best friend, Petra.—
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As Peter takes his final breaths, the limited series jumps back in time to show Marissa secretly removing the emergency kit from their car and pulling an expired EpiPen out of their home's disposal box.—
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Sacramento police arrested Christina Cowens on suspicion of felony grand theft and misdemeanor counts of unlawful disposal of human remains and attempting to conceal a death.—
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Even listening to a favorite song and dancing around the kitchen while unloading the dishwasher can become a beloved family ritual—just think about what brings your family joy, and go from there.—
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State officials said the flatbed was owned by J and A Towing, a business in Belding, Michigan, and that Greenville Steel was not involved in unloading the forklift.—
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The grim result was 11 points worse than the previous 82-50 low-point in 2005, which featured the ugly spectacle of a fan dumping popcorn on then-MU coach Quin Snyder.—
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Meaning, as of now, there are no statewide regulations in place to prevent large-scale dumping of plastic bags already in storage once the phaseout begins.—
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Shortly after the pursuit began, the suspects ditched the car in the 11100 block of Archwood Place and ran away from the officers.—
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That includes a public stop at a Florida Steak ‘n Shake in March after the chain ditched vegetable oil for beef tallow.—
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Indiana has lost more than 700 games in its history and now is one game away from a national title.—
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To our minds, Wednesday's horror, those kids who lost a mother, should supplant the inevitable circling of the ideological wagons and the parsing of the different angles of pictures taken at the scene.—
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“Jettison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jettison. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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