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
Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 Jan. 2024
His graph resembles an EKG monitor, with rhythmic spikes and troughs that tick along over the years until suddenly a line juts way up in 2020, signaling over six million weekly claims.
—Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
What remained was a flattened wasteland of scattered cinder blocks, twisted rebar, and slabs of concrete jutting out of debris at awkward angles.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The plan is to juts continue to prove those people right.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 Jan. 2024
His graph resembles an EKG monitor, with rhythmic spikes and troughs that tick along over the years until suddenly a line juts way up in 2020, signaling over six million weekly claims.
—Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
Verb
Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine now for just $19.99 This article is a selection from the November 2024 issue of Smithsonian magazine
Reuss moved into a large wooden Alpine house, perched above a valley and surrounded by jutting peaks.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
What remained was a flattened wasteland of scattered cinder blocks, twisted rebar, and slabs of concrete jutting out of debris at awkward angles.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 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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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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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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Nara and Lucky Blue Smith poked fun at the numerous parodies of themselves online in their latest takeout video.Athena Sobhan, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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In fact, fresh green daylily shoots were poking out of the soil just days after the top leaves were charred.Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 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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Soon, a vinyl section will join the lineup, adding yet another dimension to Mima’s layered identity.WWD, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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The bulging of the intestine into the inguinal canal can not only cause pain, weakness, and a visible bulge in the groin but may also cause hernial strangulation.Josephine Hessert, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024
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Aurora is typically seen in polar regions at around latitudes of 70 degrees north and south, but during extreme geomagnetic conditions — usually when CMEs arrive at Earth one after another or in tandem — the auroral oval can bulge, with displays then seen as far as 40 degrees north and south.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 26 Nov. 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 17 Dec. 2024.
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