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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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The researchers used remnants of coral species that only live in shallows very near the sea surface.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Those precious sticky sheets can be used up very quickly when trying to pick up the remnants of the ride with your pet.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Chavez's action on that night left the crowd at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, showering the ring with debris.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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After 9/11, undocumented immigrants were tasked with cleaning up the debris of the World Trade Center, as Karla Cornejo Villavicencio showed in her book The Undocumented Americans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Among the items up for grabs during a June 18 Julien’s auction are the usual collection of directorial detritus — film reels, cameras, typewriters — but also an eye-popping lineup of drip machines and espresso contraptions.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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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
Noun
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Your business isn’t a piece of flotsam driven by random forces.—
Meredith Moore,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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On the other, random pieces of informational flotsam were elevated to the status of genuine facts only once they were vetted by credentialled people with special access to the truth.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Firefighters from the Philadelphia Fire Department, using a search dog, continued to sift through the rubble in the Nicetown neighborhood Sunday afternoon, looking for victims and what caused the blast, according to Daniel McCarty, the fire department's executive officer.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
29 June 2025
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In addition to aerial attacks, a man died when Russian troops shelled the city of Kherson, and the body of a 70-year-old woman was found under the rubble of a nine-story building hit by Russian shelling in the Zaporizhzhia region.—
Volodymyr Yurchuk,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
Noun
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Then, brush off or vacuum up the powder and wipe away any residue.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 June 2025
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With various scents available, this sanitizer ensures cleanliness without the sticky residue.—
Jené Luciani Sena
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24 June 2025
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“Jetsam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetsam. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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