as in projection
a part that sticks out from the general mass of something
Cape Fear is one of the more colorfully named juts along the North Carolina coast
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as in to protrude
to extend outward beyond a usual point
the sandbar juts out into the ocean
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Recent Examples of jut
Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
The plan is to juts continue to prove those people right.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 Jan. 2024
Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
Its minimal design features tiny arms that don't jut out.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Its signature pier juts into the Pacific as waves big enough to make surfers salivate break beyond miles of white sand.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
The plan is to juts continue to prove those people right.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 Jan. 2024
Verb
Choose to rest on the daybed that juts out over the sand and overlooks the ocean, or curl up in the plush king bed inside.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
Its minimal design features tiny arms that don't jut out.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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Others include revisiting budget projections periodically, adjusting the timing of payments, taking stock of inventory or supply chain costs and regularly monitoring invoices.Jenn Flynn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The case stemmed from a 2018 lawsuit filed by a Swedish investment management firm after a downturn in cryptocurrency profitability caused Nvidia's revenues to miss projections, triggering a 28 percent drop in its stock price.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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However, a closer look at the footage revealed that the insects never touched the spider webs with their protruding front legs.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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The image, showing two bare feet protruding from a gap between rocks, was impossible to escape on the internet this week.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2024
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But while this award was received with a swell of enthusiasm back in West Africa, virtually no one in the U.S. had ever written about him or his family’s astonishing legacy.Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
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Yet, amid this rising swell, Greenland offers a stark contrast.Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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Cleavage forming, hormones erupting, hair poking through in what feels like strange places and wanting to dance on the peripherals of sexiness.Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
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This cute sweatshirt pokes fun at the sport’s quirky name with a watercolor print of two pickles playing pickleball.Cai Cramer, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The 10 films in this section are all world premieres.Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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This year’s fest features the latest projects from Oscar winners, studio filmmakers, and indie stalwarts like Justin Lin, Ira Sachs, Barry Levinson, and Questlove while the U.S. Dramatic Competition section is made of selections from directors new to the Park City fest.Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
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The new image reveals vibrant pink hydrogen gas clouds where new stars are forming, bright blue clusters of young stars, and an older yellow central bulge.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Because of the fluid buildup, a bulge forms in the macula.Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
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City officials and project managers on Wednesday provided a tour of construction of the dome so far, which is being funded with $14 million from American Rescue Plan Act grants.Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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The 2024 ornament depicts the mosaics and mural at the top of the dome, which many visitors and school groups photograph or admire while laying down on the floor of the rotunda.Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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In the late ’40s, Disney began rolling out a Goofy Everyman series that strove to clean him up, erase his dental protrusions, relegate his teeth to rectangular boxes, and dress him in business clothes, but the redesign just didn’t stick and maybe even read as a little evil.Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Breastfeeding-Specific Tips These tips are for people who are breastfeeding and need help with nipple protrusion to make feeding easier:5 Nipple shields: These devices act like a fake nipple, helping the baby latch and gently pulling the nipple outward.Brandi Jones, MSN-Ed, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Jut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jut. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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