thumb drive
noun
: a small usually rectangular device used for storing and transferring computer data : flash drive
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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.
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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
The origin story of the thumb drive — as told by the former inmate who came forward to The Times — is just as shocking as the videos on it.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
The Quick Share function transfers photos and videos from your phone to your other devices in seconds, no thumb drive or emailing required. Got someplace to be but can’t hop off an important remote meeting?
—Advertising Content, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2023
Your best bet is scanning your paperwork and saving it to the cloud, as well as downloading it onto a thumb drive.
—Penny Musco, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
Several months later, Mr. Miranda was enlisted by Greenwald to ferry a thumb drive from Poitras back to Brazil.
—Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
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
The origin story of the thumb drive — as told by the former inmate who came forward to The Times — is just as shocking as the videos on it.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
The Quick Share function transfers photos and videos from your phone to your other devices in seconds, no thumb drive or emailing required. Got someplace to be but can’t hop off an important remote meeting?
—Advertising Content, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2023
Your best bet is scanning your paperwork and saving it to the cloud, as well as downloading it onto a thumb drive.
—Penny Musco, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
Several months later, Mr. Miranda was enlisted by Greenwald to ferry a thumb drive from Poitras back to Brazil.
—Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
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“Thumb drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thumb%20drive. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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