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Example Sentences
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As a rule of thumb, parents should only invest for college after getting their retirement savings on track.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Galatasaray midfielder Noa Lang has said his surgery "went well" after he suffered a "serious cut" to his thumb during their 4-0 Champions League defeat at Anfield.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
But "never did we anticipate or expect them, I think, to be able to hold in their brains, which aren't much bigger than your thumb, information over thousands of square miles," he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
As a general rule of thumb: where eyeballs go, advertisers follow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
She put the photo back in her pencil case, and then gripped the zipper with her thumb and first finger and pulled.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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