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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And now is looking to dump salary and rebuild yet again.
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Bird baths should be dumped and refilled every few days, too.
Verb
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Yet robust economic growth has proved elusive, even as government debt has climbed, leaving successive administrations with little firepower to fix a growing list of related challenges, from crumbling infrastructure to a chronic housing shortage.
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Adis does the right thing and asks to leave the boat.
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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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