thumb drive
noun
: a small usually rectangular device used for storing and transferring computer data : flash drive
Examples of thumb drive in a Sentence
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At the event, the Ukrainians presented a thumb drive containing allegations about Mr. Biden and other Democrats to an aide traveling with Mike Pompeo, then the secretary of state, according to internal F.B.I. reports and an article published in Business Insider.
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Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 20 May 2024
In front of the build plate is a black panel housing an LCD, with a control knob and a port for a USB thumb drive on the right side.
—PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
While several prints were from test files included on the USB thumb drive that came with the MK4, most were selections from our usual suite of test items.
—PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
On a thumb drive disguised as a military-style necklace, Brannon had kept a file that contained a plan and gear list targeting a Southern California Edison substation, the Department of Justice said.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Buckley was also found in possession of a thumb drive containing e-signatures of Contra Costa County judges, potentially giving any officer who possessed them the power to sign and serve fraudulent search warrants.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Schiff can go to sleep, wake up in the morning and have a thumb drive full of material ripe for processing.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
None other than Stefan Thomas, the owner of that same $250 million in bitcoin locked on a thumb drive.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
Brannon also had a rifle with a Cyrillic message that referred to death and a racial slur, as well as a thumb drive with a recording of the Christchurch, New Zealand, white supremacist mass shooting, the plea deal says in a statement of facts that Brannon agreed to.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 20 May 2024
In front of the build plate is a black panel housing an LCD, with a control knob and a port for a USB thumb drive on the right side.
—PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
While several prints were from test files included on the USB thumb drive that came with the MK4, most were selections from our usual suite of test items.
—PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
On a thumb drive disguised as a military-style necklace, Brannon had kept a file that contained a plan and gear list targeting a Southern California Edison substation, the Department of Justice said.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Buckley was also found in possession of a thumb drive containing e-signatures of Contra Costa County judges, potentially giving any officer who possessed them the power to sign and serve fraudulent search warrants.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Schiff can go to sleep, wake up in the morning and have a thumb drive full of material ripe for processing.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
None other than Stefan Thomas, the owner of that same $250 million in bitcoin locked on a thumb drive.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
Brannon also had a rifle with a Cyrillic message that referred to death and a racial slur, as well as a thumb drive with a recording of the Christchurch, New Zealand, white supremacist mass shooting, the plea deal says in a statement of facts that Brannon agreed to.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
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“Thumb drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thumb%20drive. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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