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Recent Examples of jetsam
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.
—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
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.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
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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
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.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetsam
Noun
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The skydiver then deployed the main parachute, but it was tangled with the remnants of the reserve chute.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
12 Dec. 2025
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The photos from November had already indicated that the former East Wing footprint has been largely stripped down, with nearly all remnants of the old structure cleared away.—
News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Stay away from windows as flying debris generated by damaging winds can be deadly.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 June 2026
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The weather service also urged people to avoid windows, and if outdoors, in a mobile home or in a vehicle to seek the closest substantial shelter and to protect themselves from flying debris.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
Noun
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At its heart was the Gowanus Canal, an open sewer filled with medical waste, industrial chemicals, shipyard detritus and the occasional dead body.—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
7 June 2026
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In Literature and Painting Playset, 2025, a Cartman-like figure wearing a beret splashes daubs of paint on the screen while a female figure in pilgrim dress delivers a long, disjointed monologue patched together by Kokopeli from Quora posts, art history texts, and other online detritus.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Through displaying the flotsam, Corinn Flaherty hopes to raise people’s awareness about marine pollution.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
25 Nov. 2025
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So the Nets basically have one year and one offseason to turn this random assortment of flotsam into a credible NBA roster.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That parent body later drifted into the inner solar system, broke apart in the asteroid belt, and eventually reassembled into the rubble-pile asteroid now known as Bennu.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
3 Dec. 2025
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Israeli military operations had penetrated deep into Gaza’s cities, turning entire neighborhoods into rubble, while the Rafah crossing was closed, food was scarce, and pain hung in the air like dust.—
The Dial,
The Dial,
2 Dec. 2025
Noun
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When the area has dried, use an art gum eraser to gently remove any residue and a suede brush to lift the nap.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Dec. 2025
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Then, rinse the mittens or gloves under lukewarm running water to remove all the soap residue.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Mussolini had a villa built, reduced like almost everything else to a pile of ruins.—
Marzio G. Mian,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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But the sacred institution, founded in 1813, is now in ruins.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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“Jetsam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetsam. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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