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as in flags
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
a Portuguese ship flying the national jack
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as in sailors
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
the streets of the old seaport were once full of jacks, harlots, and other dockside denizens
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Recent Examples of jacks
The simulation added challenges for the avatars — like slippery floors, inclines or stiff joints – and homed in on the best way for Atlas to perform the jumping jacks.
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Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
In the pool, the women tell jokes and talk about their problems between sets of underwater biceps curls, leg lifts and jumping jacks.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
So when he was completely spent, Coles did 10 more jumping jacks, 10 more pushups and ran another half-mile.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Initiate the parking brake to keep the car in place, then jack the car up with floor jacks and jack stands.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
For older model phones that still carry headphone jacks, phone charms fit inside the headphone jack.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
The process involves lifting the entire structure off its foundation using jacks, which also requires homeowners to temporarily move out.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Incorporating toning exercises every few minutes, like jumping jacks, walking lunges, squats, or squat jumps, can also help, suggested Kirsch.
—Kristin Canning, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
With integrated stage lighting and two combo jacks for plugging in mics and instruments, the Bromley 750 is equipped for performing.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
In the pool, the women tell jokes and talk about their problems between sets of underwater biceps curls, leg lifts and jumping jacks.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
So when he was completely spent, Coles did 10 more jumping jacks, 10 more pushups and ran another half-mile.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Initiate the parking brake to keep the car in place, then jack the car up with floor jacks and jack stands.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
For older model phones that still carry headphone jacks, phone charms fit inside the headphone jack.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
The process involves lifting the entire structure off its foundation using jacks, which also requires homeowners to temporarily move out.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Incorporating toning exercises every few minutes, like jumping jacks, walking lunges, squats, or squat jumps, can also help, suggested Kirsch.
—Kristin Canning, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
With integrated stage lighting and two combo jacks for plugging in mics and instruments, the Bromley 750 is equipped for performing.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jacks
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Many people held up trans flags calling to protect trans rights and provide equality for all people under the law.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Jan. 2026
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By March 2024, the state had already spent $3 million reimbursing ranchers for damages caused by wolves throughout the northern part of the state, as well as the cost of investing in nonlethal deterrents to keep them away, such as fencing, flags and other methods.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Enjoying the last year of high school and being with the guys was awesome.—
Ren Clayton,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Closer to shore, two guys from suburban Minneapolis, Matt Wavrin and Adam Benedict, brave the sub-zero temps in a pop-up tent warmed to 50 degrees by a propane heater.—
Stephanie Pearson,
Outside,
14 Jan. 2026
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Commercial-grade appliances, with deep-tilt skillet and griddle, enable sailors to cook more food faster.—
Gidget Fuentes,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
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In October, Regatta Bonaire draws sailors for races around Bonaire and to its neighboring islands.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Jan. 2026
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Look for low spots where water pools.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
15 Jan. 2026
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All four teams lost $1 million from their bonus pools after signing a player in free agency who rejected his team’s qualifying offer.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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By the early 20th century, after several centuries of rape, disease, enslavement, and land confiscation by colonizers, rubber barons, and loggers, their numbers had been reduced to 300.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Just helping the land out, helping the loggers.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
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The group operates 70 full-line stores across both banners.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Participants filled the streets in the area — some holding candles or anti-ICE banners, others tying flowers to nearby street poles.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
8 Jan. 2026
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The state has argued that males have biological advantages over females, and that the law was intended to protect women’s sports.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Jan. 2026
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McCuskey, who is leading his state's legal defense against the trans athlete after the athlete sued to block the state's law to keep biological males out of girls' sports, addressed the allegations at a news conference Monday.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Last week’s whale sightings by the Aquarium led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement a voluntary slow speed zone called a Dynamic Management Area (DMA) for mariners to reduce their speed to 10 knots to protect the whales.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Coast Guard has put out a signal to other mariners for the survivors in distress.—
Chris Boccia,
ABC News,
1 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Jacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jacks. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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