Sentence examples for was jettisoning from inspiring English sources
verb
To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
- The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
On January 10th, he declared that he was jettisoning centuries of legal precedent.
I don't think the pope meant to say that he was jettisoning doctrine.
And last month, Mr. Johnson told investors that it was jettisoning that "monthlong value" term and just calling a sale a sale.
Then, after two more years, Mann published a self-lacerating essay in which he abruptly announced that he was jettisoning the project.
In a statement, Michael W. Blair, Debevoise's presiding partner, confirmed that it was jettisoning trusts and estates, and that the group's eight lawyers — including Jonathan J. Rikoon, the partner in charge of the practice — were trying to find another home.
While Kodak's unspooling was being closely chronicled, Fujifilm's parent company, the Fujifilm Holdings Corporation, was jettisoning some of its film-related infrastructure and acquiring companies to expand into areas to apply its chemical coating and other technologies.
Much of that was jettisoned.
His psychology course was jettisoned.
The heat shield was jettisoned.
Owens became the scapegoat and was jettisoned.
