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Recent Examples of jetsam
Sure, when the pace got really fast, many of these people faded into the background and became the ride’s early flotsam and jetsam.
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Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
28 Sep. 2025
That Jia could make anything out of that flotsam and jetsam is astonishing, but his ability to not only recreate those time frames but craft all of it into a woozy, free-floating memory piece is miraculous.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2025
Full of the flotsam and jetsam of everyday affairs.
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Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 July 2024
Luke called the vultures back and reshot the scene with the jetsam of pestilence.
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Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2023
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Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
28 Sep. 2025
That Jia could make anything out of that flotsam and jetsam is astonishing, but his ability to not only recreate those time frames but craft all of it into a woozy, free-floating memory piece is miraculous.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2025
Full of the flotsam and jetsam of everyday affairs.
—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 July 2024
Luke called the vultures back and reshot the scene with the jetsam of pestilence.
—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetsam
Noun
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Additional highlights include in-unit washer-dryer, funky fireplace with weird brick remnant, and that perfect top-floor light.
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The foundation's dogs typically eat about 10 metric tons (22,046 pounds) of dry food each year and spend their summers gamboling in the remnants of snow in the mountains before heading 40 kilometers (25 miles) down winding roads back to the kennel in Barryland.
Noun
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The heat softens and loosens debris in the carpet fibers so it can be vacuumed away.
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Clean Up Birdseed and Debris Fallen birdseed and other organic debris serve as an open invitation to chipmunks.
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Its outer space is filled with cosmic detritus, mean characters and cute critters.
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Despite those efforts, the pool still faced algae blooms and needed to be emptied out periodically to clean out algae, goose droppings and other detritus.
Noun
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Here in the famous Festival Theatre, the sprite Ariel, played in splendidly sprightly fashion by Marissa Orjalo, opens up the top of a piano, a piece of island flotsam and Prospero, in the form of the veteran actor Geraint Wyn Davies, shoves his coat inside, throws up his hands and closes the lid.
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The writer thinks that the person seducing the main character is just some flotsam, hardly worth a second look.
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Some held torches to light the way as floodlights appeared to illuminate the rubble against the darkness of night.
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Rescuers have fanned out across La Guaira, where the worst destruction occurred, and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent days pulling survivors and victims from the rubble.
Noun
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One can call them residue and move along.
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Why cleaning product choices matter at home The everyday act of cleaning can leave residues on surfaces and release vapors into the air.
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Unable to leave, residents rely on each other In another neighborhood, a view of the brilliant deep blue of the Mediterranean, a block away, framed the ruins of what had been a famous creamery – Karrit Ice Cream.
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And then the next issue became the funeral, instead of just Scott and Jean hanging out in the ruins.
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“Jetsam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetsam. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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