thumb drive
noun
: a small usually rectangular device used for storing and transferring computer data : flash drive
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The Department of Justice said Bedra mailed a thumb drive containing 64 videos of monkey torture to an unnamed co-conspirator in Wisconsin.
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Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2025
Samsung makes a small 400-MB/s Type-C drive too, but that tops out at 512 GB, is a bit larger (about half the length of a regular thumb drive), and costs $20 more.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
The Star-Telegram also requested pictures and video connected to the report, which the police department is mailing to the newspaper on a thumb drive.
—Amanda McCoy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Ben and Haley take home the necklace and a thumb drive loaded with digital images Detective Waltz was able to extract from the SD card in Michelle’s camera.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
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Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2025
Samsung makes a small 400-MB/s Type-C drive too, but that tops out at 512 GB, is a bit larger (about half the length of a regular thumb drive), and costs $20 more.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
The Star-Telegram also requested pictures and video connected to the report, which the police department is mailing to the newspaper on a thumb drive.
—Amanda McCoy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Ben and Haley take home the necklace and a thumb drive loaded with digital images Detective Waltz was able to extract from the SD card in Michelle’s camera.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Thumb drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thumb%20drive. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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