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
• But the footage showed there was a problem with one of the springs that helps jettison the heatshield.
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
• 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
• Friday had seemed to jettison many of the traits that have seemed to suggest an early arrival of spring.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2023
• Why jettison the one thing that most UK citizens can agree on?
  — WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
• Some give up their souls and still others reinvent themselves, hoping to jettison the past.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2022
• Almost as notable are the projects that Netflix has passed on or jettisoned.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
• Seasons have been canceled and hundreds of artists jettisoned.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 5 Apr. 2020
• In an emergency, the pilot can jettison all the weight to rise to the surface more quickly.
  — Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
• The repetitive plots can be jettisoned.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Dec. 2025
• The third engine is used to jettison the launch abort system, which occurs shortly after launch if all goes well.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022
• 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
• To achieve his aims, the Russian president has jettisoned any remnants of the rule of law.
  — Catherine Belton, Robyn Dixon, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
• 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
• But the duo are also too reluctant to jettison the components that no longer serve a purpose.
  — Washington Post, 15 July 2021
• 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
• It’s designed to jettison the capsule away from the exploding core stage and steer it out of the path of the ailing rocket.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2020
• 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
• But the freedom to jettison social niceties is a shallow benefit.
  — Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic, 14 June 2023
• 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
• Companies that have a hybrid or in-office model may decide to jettison their office space to cut costs.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 24 June 2022