thumbs-ups

plural of thumbs-up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thumbs-ups
Noun
  • Kraft has received a few notable endorsements, most recently former city councilor Annissa Essaibi George, who was the runner-up to Wu in the 2021 race.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Krista Bokhari applied to be appointed to finish out her spouse’s term and picked up endorsements from many in her party during that process.
    Mary Ramsey Updated September 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Eight execs polled before the season slotted Green Bay second behind Philadelphia in the conference (see their votes below).
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Four years ago, Biden enjoyed a lead of more than 100,000 votes in mail-in balloting, more than enough to overcome a narrow Trump lead in early voting and on Election Day itself.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Despite several Western nations recently ramping up pressure on Israel, the US has remained steadfast in its support of the country, with Washington yesterday unveiling sanctions on Palestinian rights groups that called for war crimes investigations against Israel.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Trump on Sunday signaled that his administration is ready to move to the second phase of sanctions against Russia.
    Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Amazon Data Services rounded out the top 11 list with an increase of 102 approvals, from 441 to 543 year-over-year.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In an enterprise setting, these agents will begin by taking over many rule-based, repeatable workflows like invoice processing, expense report audits and procurement approvals.
    Shyam Ravindranathan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Americans' primary oversight entities—rather than rooting out waste and misconduct—now are poised to be rubber stamps for whatever administration is in power.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • According to the declaration, the fire originated underneath and to the left of Harris, who was unconscious and sitting in a folding plastic lawn chair with metal supports.
    KC Baker, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • One of the supports Sid had was live closed captioning for all of his classes.
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Thumbs-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumbs-ups. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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