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Lead singer Hayley Williams and Swift hold thumbs up, as the band dressed in red and white smile backstage.
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Bryan West, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2024
The bass tones flowed thumbed beautifully and distortion-free from this 120-decibel speaker, thanks to the 6-by-9-inch woofer.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
Rather than accommodating Washington, however, Netanyahu thumbed his nose at Obama in the United Nations, Congress, and other venues.
—Chris Miller, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2015
Its highest-profile suspects—Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the rebel group that has terrorized northern Uganda and neighboring areas—have thumbed their noses at the court and are evading arrest.
—David Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2011
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Bryan West, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2024
The bass tones flowed thumbed beautifully and distortion-free from this 120-decibel speaker, thanks to the 6-by-9-inch woofer.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
Rather than accommodating Washington, however, Netanyahu thumbed his nose at Obama in the United Nations, Congress, and other venues.
—Chris Miller, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2015
Its highest-profile suspects—Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the rebel group that has terrorized northern Uganda and neighboring areas—have thumbed their noses at the court and are evading arrest.
—David Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thumb
Verb
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The couple got hitched in a beautiful ceremony, but their first dance was interrupted by the police.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
30 Jan. 2025
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Related article Taking both erectile dysfunction and chest pain drugs linked with early death risk, study finds The ads were more than just a passing attempt to hitch a corporate caboose to a runaway social media locomotive.—
Darius Tahir,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The new Trump administration is using the language of civil rights but flipping it on its head.—
Veralyn Williams,
NPR,
31 Jan. 2025
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While the East Team is looking to flip the script this time around, the West's roster is stacked with big-time playmakers looking to make their mark.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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When he himself isn’t bummed out, Scott Avett (who flew to New York to be with the cast and crew during its final week) remains philosophical.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Expecting to see spikes in seasonal affective disorder, Dr. Leibowitz was shocked to learn that Nordic people weren’t all that bummed out by the long, dark, and extreme winters.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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
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Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New York Review of Books,
30 Mar. 2023
Verb
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Since the 1920s, apparition of a young woman has been seen hitchhiking here, only to disappear when drivers come to her aid.—
Elizabeth Friend,
Longreads,
29 Oct. 2024
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But that’s very much the reason, coming from that talk with Bob, that the movie opens with him at the station, hitchhiking into New York, and ends with him on the back of a motorcycle, riding away.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Ensure longer content is easy to skim with clear navigation, highlighted key points and scannable formatting so busy audiences can quickly grasp top insights and dive deeper if interested.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The aircraft, capable of skimming 1,600 gallons of water from the ocean and dropping it over fires, has become a critical resource in combating the flames.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Thumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumb. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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