Example Sentences

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It is clear that the painter takes inspiration most from Boucher’s settings, rather than his figures, but that doesn’t mean that Ms. Yukhnovich has jettisoned representative elements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Caillebotte has jettisoned the usual classical trappings of Greek and Roman heroes, which typically cloak male nudes in sober history and myth.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

Elias has remained disciplined in his approach, more patient than just about anyone in baseball with a rebuild that has jettisoned his Orioles to the cellar for most of his tenure.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022

But this year, the public health district has jettisoned traditional contact tracing after the case backlog became hopelessly huge.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

Not that the American has jettisoned these impedimenta in anger; they have simply slipped from him as he moves.

From Character and Opinion in the United States by Santayana, George