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Recent Examples of thumb
And now: Hardy has evolved since then into a rock star adept at making country music that thumbs its nose at mainstream expectations.
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Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
During the 2024 legislative session, Tipton's version of the bill needed just one last call to the floor, one final thumbs up from House members.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
More than 1,600 reviewers give this cheesy pasta two thumbs up – or five stars.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
By continuing to insist that the United States does not need Canada – or any other country – Trump is thumbing his nose at our biggest trade partners and allies.
—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 11 May 2025
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Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
During the 2024 legislative session, Tipton's version of the bill needed just one last call to the floor, one final thumbs up from House members.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
More than 1,600 reviewers give this cheesy pasta two thumbs up – or five stars.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
By continuing to insist that the United States does not need Canada – or any other country – Trump is thumbing his nose at our biggest trade partners and allies.
—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thumb
Verb
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If more cash from Congress is required, lawmakers may look to hitch it to a must-pass spending bill.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
8 July 2025
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Though they got hitched in 2022, Colleen and Matt didn't move in together for two more years.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Gavin Newsom of California and Kathy Hochul of New York to consider counter-efforts to redraw their state’s congressional boundaries to flip GOP seats to Democrats.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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Swigert flipped switches inside the command module.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Sandler, because of that punim of his, is good at playing bummed, but this scene demanded more shading — anger, charm, cockiness.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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But, yeah, I was bummed to kind of put the team in that spot.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Trees are leafing, birds are chirping and the mere thought of sending a Microsoft Teams or Slack message feels like an affront to Mother Nature; spring has finally sprung in Indianapolis.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Charlie hitchhikes to Wichita, but then, when Taylor Schilling’s Agent Annie looks at the car, hoping to find the now on-the-run Charlie, there’s nobody there.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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This determined German walked out of a camp in Oklahoma, hitchhiked a ride to Baltimore, talked his way onto a freighter bound for Lisbon, crossed Portugal and Italy to Germany.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
10 July 2025
Verb
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While Francis used to skim the newspapers, Leo is the first pope to wear an Apple watch and write his own emails.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
3 Aug. 2025
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To do so, Preller has demonstrated a willingness to skim the cream from his farm system.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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“Thumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumb. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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