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Recent Examples of thumb
Watercolours and its surprisingly competent pictures will enliven any coffee table—and surely provoke more than a few visitors to thumb its pages and reflect on Charles’s varied interests.
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Allie Merriam, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025
For any of us thumbing anxiously through our social media feeds right now, similar words have become as familiar as sunrise, and so have the actions backing them.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Boston Rob explains taking that huge Deal or No Deal Island gamble
Even after 25 years, there are still people in Hollywood who thumb their nose at the reality competition genre.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Lead singer Hayley Williams and Swift hold thumbs up, as the band dressed in red and white smile backstage.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2024
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Allie Merriam, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025
For any of us thumbing anxiously through our social media feeds right now, similar words have become as familiar as sunrise, and so have the actions backing them.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Boston Rob explains taking that huge Deal or No Deal Island gamble
Even after 25 years, there are still people in Hollywood who thumb their nose at the reality competition genre.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Lead singer Hayley Williams and Swift hold thumbs up, as the band dressed in red and white smile backstage.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thumb
Verb
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But hitching his wagon to Mayfield turned out to be one of the last significant moves of the coach’s tenure.—
Charlotte Observer,
Orlando Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2025
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The couple got hitched in a beautiful ceremony, but their first dance was interrupted by the police.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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West flipped the website after the advertisement aired and replaced its previous content with just one item: The swastika T-shirt that was on sale for $20 each.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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Inside, the aesthetic is flipped: Black walls, dark wood floors and a black marble bar set the tone, while a projection screen in the main lounge area shows photos of Nigerian superstar and recent EMPIRE signee Tiwa Savage, who is in town finishing her new album.—
Dan Rys,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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When he himself isn’t bummed out, Scott Avett (who flew to New York to be with the cast and crew during its final week) remains philosophical.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Expecting to see spikes in seasonal affective disorder, Dr. Leibowitz was shocked to learn that Nordic people weren’t all that bummed out by the long, dark, and extreme winters.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New York Review of Books,
30 Mar. 2023
Verb
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Since the 1920s, apparition of a young woman has been seen hitchhiking here, only to disappear when drivers come to her aid.—
Elizabeth Friend,
Longreads,
29 Oct. 2024
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But that’s very much the reason, coming from that talk with Bob, that the movie opens with him at the station, hitchhiking into New York, and ends with him on the back of a motorcycle, riding away.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Simmer, uncovered, over medium heat until the sauce is reduced slightly and thickened to a rich consistency, 10 to 12 minutes, skimming any fat as necessary.—
Lynda Balslev,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
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However, a civil lawsuit submitted during this time has alleged Hamas skimmed $1 billion of UNRWA funding, alleging top officials at the agency knew about it.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Thumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumb. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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