How to Use flash drive in a Sentence
flash drive
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And then all that stupid s--- about the flash drive and the dumb McGuffin of it all.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2020
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When the case is over, the court will collect and destroy the flash drives.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
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Your best bet is to copy the CDs to your smartphone or flash drive.
—Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
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The center has barred the use of flash drives and disabled USB ports.
—New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
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To add your name to the flash drive, players will need to head over to the Artemis I website.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 7 Mar. 2022
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Go buy a $40 flash drive, copy those files to it and then toss it in a drawer.
—Dallas News, 11 July 2019
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For example: Who is the man who bought the intel on the flash drive?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
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Hard disk drives last about five years, while flash drives last for around 10 years.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2023
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Save it on a flash drive or email the finished product to be saved for years to come!
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 2 Mar. 2018
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Your best bet is to copy the CDs to your smart phone or flash drive or have a service copy them for you.
—Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2021
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And the flash drive’s detailed vote tallies matched those on the machine.
—Eric Litke, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2020
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Keep your data backed up on a separate flash drive and in the cloud.
—Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
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The video is said to feature minors and was found on a flash drive that once belonged to Porter.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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The radio station got lucky, though, as the flash drive didn't explode.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2023
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Once both things have been downloaded, use the software to write the OS onto the flash drive.
—Saira Mueller, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2023
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This flash drive doesn’t just perform well; it’s also built to last.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
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Put it on a flash drive or in your Dropbox, then sync it over and import it on your new PC.
—Whitson Gordon, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2020
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The employee gave the officer a flash drive with video footage of the encounter.
—cleveland, 14 Apr. 2022
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These are some of the lowest prices these mammoth flash drives have ever been.
—Alexandria Haslam, PCWorld, 15 Aug. 2018
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Amazon This flash drive made our list of the Best iPad Accessories.
—Nena Farrell, WIRED, 12 July 2023
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To combat the spread of the devices, some schools have banned flash drives as well, to avoid any confusion between the items.
—Ana B. Ibarra, sacbee, 27 Mar. 2018
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The iXpand Luxe is our flash drive pick for backing up phone content.
—Brenda Stolyar and Medea Giordano, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2022
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There’s lots of razzle-dazzle, but the plot, which involves the global hunt for a flash drive, doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
—Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
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Customers will have to plug the flash drive into the USB port on the treadmill to apply the software update.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 16 June 2022
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The elastic loops can secure something as small as a flash drive or a longer cord wrapped up nicely.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
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It was smuggled out of Iran in a flash drive hidden inside a cake and shown at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022
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Police later retrieved the flash drives, the warrant says.
—David Owens, courant.com, 11 Dec. 2019
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This wasn’t an issue with HDMI or flash drive videos or with streaming.
—Dallas News, 7 July 2022
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The assay includes a swab, a vial of extraction solution and a cassette the size of a small flash drive.
—Emma Court, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2020
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Move files easily between your phone, tablet, and laptop with this flash drive.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 4 Feb. 2025
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