jetsam

noun

Definition of jetsamnext
as in remnant

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Recent Examples of jetsam And the Heat’s supporting players at the moment are far better than the flotsam and jetsam that currently are with the Bucks. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026 Sure, when the pace got really fast, many of these people faded into the background and became the ride’s early flotsam and jetsam. — 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 Luke called the vultures back and reshot the scene with the jetsam of pestilence. — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for jetsam
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetsam
  1. remnant
  2. debris
  3. detritus
  4. flotsam
  5. rubble
  6. residue
  7. ruins
Noun
  • The damage comes only a year after intense October 2025 flooding, driven by the remnants of Pacific cyclones.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Still, the wreck’s most famous remnant is the brass combination lock still in working condition after four centuries buried in sand.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of remnant
Noun
  • Construction and demolition debris accounts for half of all the solid waste generated in the city which is roughly about 100,000 to 150,000 tons a year.
    — Anne Makovec, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The three-story building at 1321 Flatbush Avenue — with a medical-uniforms store on the ground floor and a three-bedroom apartment above — had indeed fallen, killing eight people and trapping several more in the debris.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of debris
Noun
  • The composition slips in and out of deliberation, a tableau of buckets and plates concentrating energy, which the lighter detritus then loosens and disperses.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Competitive hackles aside, the ranks of the independent advisory boutique now seem like so much ego detritus, a horse painting above a fireplace.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of detritus
Noun
  • Like a massive ocean swell, which can bear all kinds of flotsam and jetsam ashore, a political wave that is big enough, broad enough and strong enough can carry all manner of unlikely candidates to victory.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond any of the sociocultural flotsam and jetsam, hanging out with your crush on a lake at a northern latitude both softens and distills all the brain-stem-deep associations with what summer means.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of flotsam
Noun
  • Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the regional defense council, said 12 bodies pulled from the rubble had been identified so far.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The latest Russian aerial barrage underscored the scale of the rebuilding task, as did the ongoing search for people missing beneath rubble after a deadly airstrike in southern Ukraine on Monday.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of rubble
Noun
  • Agricultural residues offer one substantial answer, and supply is available at scale.
    — Kari Stoever, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Their surfaces could carry machining oil, coolant residue, dirt and loose metal shavings.
    — Rajesh Iyengar, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of residue
Noun
  • Not far from the ruins sat the 1990 seawall, the rock embankment that protects some of Tangier.
    — John Anglim, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Pre-Columbian ruins are always near, reachable by boat, trek, and car, on excursions organized by the hotel.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of ruins

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“Jetsam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetsam. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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