as in to dump
to end a usually intimate relationship with
still trying to get over being jilted by his longtime girlfriend
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Recent Examples of jilt
Stefanik exits New York governor’s race after getting jilted by Trump: Lindsey Granger | RISING
Lindsey Granger delivers her lens on Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) dropping out of New York’s Governors’s race after getting jilted by President Trump.
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The Hill,
23 Dec. 2025
By choosing Netflix, Warner Bros. jilted Paramount Skydance Corp., a move that risks touching off a political battle in Washington.
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Hadriana Lowenkron,
Fortune,
8 Dec. 2025
Ellison, reasonably, feels jilted by Warner, a company whose present $82 billion value is entirely thanks to a bidding war that Paramount kicked off and which Netflix won out.
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Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
8 Dec. 2025
How about the likes of John Candy, Henry Gibson, Steve Lawrence and Twiggy, who was jilted by Elwood.
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Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
3 Dec. 2025
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The Hill,
23 Dec. 2025
By choosing Netflix, Warner Bros. jilted Paramount Skydance Corp., a move that risks touching off a political battle in Washington.
—
Hadriana Lowenkron,
Fortune,
8 Dec. 2025
Ellison, reasonably, feels jilted by Warner, a company whose present $82 billion value is entirely thanks to a bidding war that Paramount kicked off and which Netflix won out.
—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
8 Dec. 2025
How about the likes of John Candy, Henry Gibson, Steve Lawrence and Twiggy, who was jilted by Elwood.
—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jilt
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Plum Island beaches in Newburyport, Massachusetts are closed after 60,000 gallons of wastewater were accidentally dumped into the Merrimack River on Thursday.
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By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
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The video assistant referee called for a review of the play while the two were down getting tended to by trainers, leaving the Americans to nurse their lead down a man for the rest of the game.
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Two of the attackers then smashed the windshield of the news van with a parking cone and damaged the camera before leaving the scene.
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Starmer ditched some of his predecessor’s more left-wing policies and apologized for antisemitism that an internal investigation concluded had been allowed to spread under Corbyn.
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There are many reasons for this – not the least of which is that ditching the pilot and the cockpit itself opens up the opportunity to not only simplify the design of the aircraft, but also free up valuable cargo space and reduce weight.
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“Jilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jilt. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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