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Six example sentences with jettison, each labelled with its topic.
Somewhere near the third pass we jettisoned the tent poles, the spare stove, and two books nobody would read.
Travel
Crews are now fined if they jettison packaging at sea, a practice that once left plastic drifting for decades.
Environment
The probe will jettison its fuel tank before the final approach, since the extra mass would ruin the landing.
Science
The founders had to jettison the second product line to keep the first alive through the winter.
Startups
The band jettisoned six finished songs from the album because they slowed the second half.
Music
The retailer jettisoned its catalog business after forty years, since the printing cost more than the orders returned.
Business
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