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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
First baseman Christian Walker pummeled a home run after Álvarez, giving the Astros back-to-back first-inning jacks.
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Components like flashing, pipe jacks, vents and gutters are frequently the first to show signs of trouble, even when the roofing material above them looks intact.
—David Nye, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
Investigators reportedly said the 25-year-old man was working underneath a vehicle when the jacks holding up the vehicle gave out, killing him.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Traditional roadside tire changes using jacks can be difficult, especially in remote areas or harsh weather.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
There are no speaker connectors, no crossover controls, and no general RCA jacks for receiver input.
—Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 16 May 2026
Species like mahi mahi, jacks and amberjacks also use it as a primary nursery area.
—Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 4 May 2026
The micro workouts included moves like rotini spiral planks, spaghetti curls and penne plié squats, along with star jacks, which were inspired by the new Protein+ star shape.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson hit back-to-back jacks to give the Braves a 2-0 lead in what would be their final at-bat.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Components like flashing, pipe jacks, vents and gutters are frequently the first to show signs of trouble, even when the roofing material above them looks intact.
—David Nye, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
Investigators reportedly said the 25-year-old man was working underneath a vehicle when the jacks holding up the vehicle gave out, killing him.
—Michael Guise, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Traditional roadside tire changes using jacks can be difficult, especially in remote areas or harsh weather.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
There are no speaker connectors, no crossover controls, and no general RCA jacks for receiver input.
—Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 16 May 2026
Species like mahi mahi, jacks and amberjacks also use it as a primary nursery area.
—Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 4 May 2026
The micro workouts included moves like rotini spiral planks, spaghetti curls and penne plié squats, along with star jacks, which were inspired by the new Protein+ star shape.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson hit back-to-back jacks to give the Braves a 2-0 lead in what would be their final at-bat.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jacks
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Nichols organized a day where 26 volunteers came together to replace American tattered and torn flags with brand new ones, including David and Sue Hornbrook's torn flag.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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At the airport entrance, around 20 fans waved flags as the team arrived.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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They were written by a bunch of guys in powdered wigs and knee socks.—
Britta Miller,
The Washington Examiner,
17 June 2026
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Your memoir reframed Black Sabbath less as mythology and more as four working-class guys trying to survive life in Birmingham.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
17 June 2026
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Keeping sailors in the same shipyard environment for extended periods can gradually erode motivation and professional engagement regardless of individual resilience.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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For 500 years, from Giotto to Eugène Delacroix, painting told human-interest stories—a baby in a manger, desperate sailors on a raft.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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Each ticket costs $5, and players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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The predictable result is that hourly workers and lower-income residents seek hardship exemptions, fail to appear or struggle to comply with summonses altogether, while jury pools increasingly skew toward retirees and salaried workers who can more easily absorb the cost.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Environmentalists say the state should not be cutting carbon-storing redwoods, while loggers maintain their practices are sustainable.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Over the past few years, a wave of companies has emerged to extract sophisticated and granular information about how employees spend their time, sometimes down to the minute, using tech such as location trackers, keystroke loggers, cameras, and microphones.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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In Beirut, cars were draped in banners of Moroccan red and green, while in Algiers horns honked in jubilation.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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Protesters gather with banners and placards outside the offices of Google Deepmind at a protest organized by PauseAI UK and other groups concerned in controlling the development of advanced Artificial Intelligence systems, in London on February 28, 2026.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
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According to a witness account, two males pulled up outside the consulate in a white Honda, fired a handgun, got back into the car and fled.—
Swasti Singhai,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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In total, 81 individuals were captured across the two sites, including juveniles, adult males, and pregnant adult females, which indicated a self-sustaining population.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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Dow also said the safest way to make it out of a channel is to follow the markers, which experienced mariners know to look for.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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At sea, celestial navigation, which came into its own in the late 1700s, requires algorithms to crunch the inputs from a sextant that allows mariners to determine their position on the surface of a sphere.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
11 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Jacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jacks. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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