How to Use jettison in a Sentence

jettison

verb
  • The captain gave orders to jettison the cargo.
  • We should jettison these old computers and get new ones.
  • They jettisoned the fuel and made an emergency landing.
  • They jettisoned plans for a vacation.
  • Which is not to say that they’re never jettisoned as a scapegoat.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • They are made up of a top plate and a heat shield, which is jettisoned before splashdown.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
  • As the race speeds up and riders are jettisoned, the team cars are stuck further behind the bunch.
    — Andy McGrath, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The repetitive plots can be jettisoned.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The reading and writing of literature cannot keep up, so it is jettisoned.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Either way, my guess is people will try to ride with Joe early and jettison him later in the game.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The third engine is used to jettison the launch abort system, which occurs shortly after launch if all goes well.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This growth is jettisoned by EV sales and China is at the forefront.
    — Hughey Newsome, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In a chilling sequence, the survivors jettison the corpses to create rings around their planet.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • This included jettisoning the original idea of an open floor plan for the kitchen and living room.
    — Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
  • Some of the other businesses have already been jettisoned and others will be stopped in the future.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Gardner was kept busy tossing out his hat, some spare boots, flashlight, and other gear to mark the places at which the meat was being jettisoned.
    — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Plans could get jettisoned, confidences could be shared with others, someone envious could try to erode your sense of self.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Even Amazon and Netflix have jettisoned jobs.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • He was soon jettisoned for the reliable Sean Dyche.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But there was a real risk some of the impact debris jettisoned off the moon could have sliced up several Earth satellites.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2026
  • When the Twins got their fire sale started last Thursday, Stewart was the first piece jettisoned.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
  • During this time, the city seemed not only to contract around Talayan but to jettison itself skyward.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But whether or not Green Bay would actually want to jettison Doubs right now is the question.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Campos may let Apple jettison its Spotlight function as well.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Schneider’s offseason haul was one of his worst, and many guys were jettisoned during the summer or before the season ended.
    — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The launch abort system jettisoned at 3 minutes, 13 seconds.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
  • However, the action jettisons tough decisions down the road.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Some are pushing for a ballot measure to jettison the top-two primary system and return to closed party primaries.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • Now, that pair returns for 2026 and the player who was signed to serve as an upgrade over them has been jettisoned after a season.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Scientists are jettisoning their worst- and best-case scenarios for a warming world as no longer plausible.
    — Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026

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