thumb drive

British

noun

a thumb-sized portable computer hard drive and data storage device

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Example Sentences

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Some will put their wishes on a wallet card, thumb drive or cellphone — but these are not easily found in an acute emergency.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

One of the few clips on the thumb drive that does not show any type of violence is labeled “Jail Baby Fetus.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2023

Third, public reporting shows that in March 2019, a Chinese national named Yujing Zhang was arrested at Mar-a-Lago, carrying four cellphones and a computer thumb drive with computer malware on it.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2023

That new rule followed a penetration of the Defense Department’s most widely-used classified network, in 2008, by a virus loaded onto a thumb drive.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

I place everything in a folder on my thumb drive with all my other application materials for early acceptance.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

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