jilt

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 At the same time, players know what this stuff can mean to a star who feels jilted. Zach Harper, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025 However, all emotional ranges, from joyous to jilted, are welcome. Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025 European partners felt jilted by the Biden administration’s very America-first infrastructure legislation. Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Jan. 2025 Few clubs in Germany have been jilted as often as Leverkusen. Rafa Honigstein and Seb Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 14 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for jilt
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  • The plan is/was to dump most of the high-leverage load on Romano, Matt Strahm, José Alvarado and Orion Kerkering.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Global investors have been fretting over the effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the global economy, leading them to dump equities.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • With few options left, Adam begins considering and concocting ways to enact vengeance, but Basem, having been down that rageful path, advises him otherwise.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The department did not say how much money is left of the total $189 billion approved.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
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  • Keep the voice, ditch the details Maintain your natural speaking voice in your content.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Some experts say the only way Tesla can recover its brand image is to ditch Musk as CEO.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Jilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jilt. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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