jack
Example Sentences
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“That’s not going to help, putting a ban on exports. It’ll just jack the price up further.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Until December 2025, under UK law, Carangidae species could only be marketed as "jack", "scad", "trevally" or "horse mackerel".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“You got to be kind of a jack of all trades,” Abbott said, “and understand what your role is, what your strengths are, what your weaknesses are, and be able to build up on that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
That rally fizzled out soon after Apple announced it would have to jack up prices on MacBooks and iPads to offset the rising price for memory chips.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Under the jack oaks and the cottonwoods there was nothing.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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