: an instance or gesture of approval or encouragement

Examples of thumbs-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Back in July, LeBron James gave White an unqualified verbal thumbs-up as a two-way player. Hunter Felt, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 Upon arriving at the courthouse in Manhattan, Adams gave a thumbs-up to onlookers but made no statement as he was escorted inside. Chloe Atkins, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024 Separately, content pages will now have thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons to help personalize the company’s algorithms to your own taste. Chris Welch, The Verge, 24 Sep. 2024 The Messages app can now bold or italicize text, and users can now react to messages using emojis instead of the previously available options, which included a question mark, exclamation point, heart and thumbs-up. Kif Leswing, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for thumbs-up 

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Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of thumbs-up was in 1892

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“Thumbs-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thumbs-up. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.

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