jettisoning 1 of 2

present participle of jettison

jettisoning

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noun

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Recent Examples of jettisoning
Noun
Starting with next year's release, Apple will be able to start jettisoning all Intel code from macOS, including (eventually) the Rosetta translation technology that allows Apple Silicon Macs to run Intel code at all. ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025 Companies responded by jettisoning a few mean executives, changing their internal communications strategies, and retraining bosses to be nicer. Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025 There was a group of men, all of them in fear of retribution from the Union, who were jettisoning for Mexico, to build a life that accorded with their beliefs and to seek great fortune while doing so. Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025 But in 2022, after hybrid work took hold, the company began jettisoning most of its Seattle-area offices outside of the Redmond headquarters. Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 In fact, real-time imaging revealed eggs jettisoning lysosomes into the surrounding fluid, while their mitochondria and proteasomes simultaneously migrate to the outer rim of the cells. Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jettisoning
Verb
  • Divide plants into clumps with three to five vigorous shoots each, discarding any small, weak, or woody portions.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Throughout the season, Boy Kavalier’s real intentions begin to take over Neverland Research Island after successfully securing the alien specimens that the USCSS Maginot had been researching in space, discarding his decade-long work on the hybrids.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Rick Bailey, a Johnson County commissioner, said Thursday that the agreement with Fort Worth is not a long-term solution to the county’s dog dumping problem.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
  • While the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution put an end to the legal dumping of unused explosive munitions in the sea, these relics now provide a rich area of study for marine biologists, offering a real-world look at how animals adapt to habitat disturbances.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hangers That Don’t Match Since her clients hire her to help create a clean, organized look, Tonia Tomlin of Sorted Out, a professional organizing company in Dallas, Texas, heads right for the closets and starts ditching all hangers that don’t match.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Great for saving space and ditching questionable hotel mini toiletries.
    Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The discards fill recycling bins to the brim and clutter closets, basements and hallways.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Remove from heat; discard drippings.
    Liz Mervosh, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The compartment, which costs $3,500 extra, even features a retractable ramp to making loading and unloading a breeze.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
  • As someone who worked his way up from unloading trucks in the warehouse to eventually landing in the C-suite, McMillon embodies how staying dedicated to one employer can work wonders for aspiring leaders—in contrast to job-hopping in search of potential pay gains.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Since then, eight Cup Final series have featured a Canadian team, with more than half of them — the Vancouver Canucks (1994, 2011), Calgary Flames (2004) and Oilers (2006, 2024) — losing in Game 7s.
    Rob Rossi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Ed is left alone on the farm after impulsively killing that brother (whose actual death might have been accidental) for breaking up the family unit and, the next year, losing Augusta to complications from a stroke.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025

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