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- noun Plural form of
jettison . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
jettison .
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Examples
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This is an interview that jettisons some difficult baggage.
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In reading other reviews it seems this book depicts the point when Claire finally jettisons her previously shy nature, but the change seemed in character.
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In the end, Jacoby sounds just like "Bishop" John "I'm Always Wrong" Spong, an Episcopalian who frets that Christianity must change or die, even while he jettisons everything that is Christian from his essentially atheistic version of "Christianity."
Atheism 2009
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The chute is deployed when a mechanism in the plane's aft bulkhead door jettisons the plane's tailcone.
Report: Secret Service off hook in 2008 Obama plane mishaps 2009
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As before, Fosse jettisons all the conventional rules of drama.
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Weldon sees promise, though, in the all-ages Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! which jettisons continuity and modern-superhero seriousness in favor of an attitude more closely akin to, Lighten up, nerds, comics should be fun.
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One gets the sense that this would not be acceptable, since it jettisons one of the underlying assumptions of mainstream literary fiction -- it's all about "understanding" character -- that supports all of the accompanying assumptions about "craft."
October 2009 2009
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One gets the sense that this would not be acceptable, since it jettisons one of the underlying assumptions of mainstream literary fiction -- it's all about "understanding" character -- that supports all of the accompanying assumptions about "craft."
Our Stories 2009
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A pebble jettisons against the living room window.
Wednesday Afternoon Dallas Woodburn 2011
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He is trying--unlike Mr. Romney, interestingly--to make sure that he immediately jettisons any of those deadweight anchors that could come back to haunt him.
The GOP Goes at It 2011
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