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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
Initiate the parking brake to keep the car in place, then jack the car up with floor jacks and jack stands.
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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
Those who remained at the Bombers’ spring training complex — rented out by the Rays this regular season — were treated to a home run derby, as Tampa Bay starter Shane Baz surrendered back-to-back-to-back jacks to Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton in the first inning.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Hilary, Phoebe, and Aglaya playing jacks with a maraschino-red superball.
—Literary Hub, 21 June 2016
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
Those who remained at the Bombers’ spring training complex — rented out by the Rays this regular season — were treated to a home run derby, as Tampa Bay starter Shane Baz surrendered back-to-back-to-back jacks to Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton in the first inning.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Hilary, Phoebe, and Aglaya playing jacks with a maraschino-red superball.
—Literary Hub, 21 June 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jacks
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The flags in the AI image have also been a key part of this discourse, as social media users were quick to point out that the flag in the foreground has 40 stars rather than 50.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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To symbolize this united centrist front, adherents of The Change fly American flags that have been reconfigured to place the field of stars smack in the middle of the stripes.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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The house on Green Street belonged to the guys in a punk-metal crossover band called Meltdown.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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But while guys like Payton Tolle, Connelly Early and Hunter Dobbins were garnering headlines, one of Boston’s best young arms toiled largely out of public view.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Much of this arises from the novel, though Shelley must have left out the part where the Creature kills several sailors with his bare hands and gets blunderbussed off the side of the ship, seemingly to his death.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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No doubt some sailors noticed that compass needles no longer pointed toward the magnetic north pole during auroras.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Well, yes, but FDR built a swimming pool, to which it might be countered that pools make good palliative care for polio sufferers.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025
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While alternating between Colony Club’s multiple lagoon pools and the beach was tempting, the many off-site excursions are not to be missed.—
Kate Van Dyke,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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In a town of loggers, hippies, and students, Denise’s father was a doctor.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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During the 1970s, rural villagers in India, particularly women, responded to the invasion of loggers by embracing trees under threat, in what became known as the Chipko movement.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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According to Macy’s, the company plans to expand the fulfillment and replenishment service to products sold via Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury banners over the next two years.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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Newspapers reported that more than 300 protesters, including coal dealers, operators and miners, parked their trucks outside City Hall, waving banners.—
Robert Wyss,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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Trump signed an executive order to prohibit schools from allowing biological males to play in girls' sports in February, but the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) has persistently defied it.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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In stark contrast, Saint Bernards can reach 28–30 inches for males and 26–28 inches for females, with males weighing 140–180 pounds and females 120–140 pounds.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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By aiding mariners, Airy believed, such measurements provided a tangible service to the state that the newfangled spectroscopy might not be able to match.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The alert calls for heightened caution from mariners, especially in shallow waters.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Jacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jacks. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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