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jettison

[jet-uh-suhn, -zuhn] / ˈdʒɛt ə sən, -zən /


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For one day a week, employees could jettison their suits and pantyhose and heels and wear… no one was quite sure at first, although Levi’s Dockers played a big role, at least for men.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 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

There’s a certain amount of melancholy about aging that I can’t simply jettison.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

Haynes was waxing rhetorical—the critics don’t want to jettison everything from the past.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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