Examples of thumbs-down in a Sentence
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In choosing to keep Carpenter on the active roster, Preller seemed to give the farm a thumbs-down.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
Within 30 days after the DOT gives it a thumbs-down.
—Curbed, 19 May 2023
Her mother responded quickly: thumbs-down, thumbs-up, double exclamation marks.
—Ann-Marie Alcántara, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2023
Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
Within 30 days after the DOT gives it a thumbs-down.
—Curbed, 19 May 2023
Her mother responded quickly: thumbs-down, thumbs-up, double exclamation marks.
—Ann-Marie Alcántara, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2023
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First Known Use
1889, in the meaning defined above
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“Thumbs-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thumbs-down. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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