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Recent Examples of jetsam
For Kevin Nunez and his son Nathan, Native Americans who have long family history locked within the rugged and geologically active mountains, volunteering to help remove the flotsam and jetsam of tourists is a solemn duty.
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Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
So flotsam or jetsam?
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2023
Or is that jetsam?
—Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
But just think of this as your average mash-up of Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, some MCU flotsam and jetsam, and all those ’80s action-comedies all of us used to watch over and over again on DVD.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2023
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Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
So flotsam or jetsam?
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2023
Or is that jetsam?
—Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
But just think of this as your average mash-up of Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, some MCU flotsam and jetsam, and all those ’80s action-comedies all of us used to watch over and over again on DVD.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetsam
Noun
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He was surrounded by the remnants of war and hardship: a rough neighborhood in which dominance and toughness served him well.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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This skybridge, just off Park Avenue, is also a remnant of a building designed for another purpose: to shield famous daughters from the prying eyes of the Upper East Side.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The planet-wide dust storms are so fierce that the debris often does not settle for months at a time.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2025
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In Lyme and Old Saybrook, there is little flooding but reports of tremendous amounts of debris flowing into Long Island Sound.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
Noun
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In some ways, archival research has always demanded sorting through verbal and visual detritus and working around unexpected gaps in records.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2025
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But wise, connected AI development and use can serve as a vein of gold through the detritus of disruption and destruction of coming years, manifesting the priceless role of humanity in the evolution of consciousness.—
Ginny Whitelaw,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Noun
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This replenishment likely comes from collisions between dwarf planets, cometary nuclei, micrometeoroids and other flotsam and jetsam lurking in the dark of the debris disk.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 May 2025
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Jupiter’s location in the path of the Gulf Stream means there’s a constant flow of tropical water that improves the ocean’s clarity and visibility by carrying out any algae, flotsam, or runoff that accumulates.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Responding firefighters helped remove the injured man from the rubble.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
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The pair found the artifact in a pile of rubble near former infantry barracks.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Take it one step further by placing a towel on your seat to protect from residual sunscreen residue.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
5 June 2025
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Well formed Easy to pass Brown color (sometimes with a tinge of green) Little to no residue Sinks and does not float Do Ghost Poops Mean a Healthy Bowel Movement?—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
2 June 2025
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“Jetsam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetsam. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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