jettison

Example Sentences

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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

We must jettison the belief in a false hierarchy of human value.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

This left Ariane's upper-stage unable to initiate the burn that was supposed to bring it out of orbit and also set up the final task of the mission – to jettison two re-entry capsules.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2024

As stains and stench accumulated, the restaurant’s manager built a chute on the roof and threatened to jettison the garbage directly onto Olmsted’s precious lawns.

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