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Example Sentences
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The thumbnail shows a smiling teen holding oversized shopping bags.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
The devices created in Lozano's lab are about the size of a thumbnail.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
For each featured book, there’s a thumbnail portrait of its author, an image of the cover and one or two other intriguing visuals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The creator economy also has more specialized roles, such as thumbnail designers — people who create the images used to tease videos on sites including YouTube.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2025
I wedge my thumbnail between my teeth, impatient for something, anything to happen.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
If you’ve spent even a short while scrolling through YouTube looking for investing content, you’ve seen them—video thumbnails with illustrated flames and maybe a downward pointing arrow warning about the end times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
In fact, he tried that earlier this year - but faced a backlash from other creators when he released an AI tool which generated thumbnails for videos.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
On some occasions, these “faceless” creators have openly boasted about their monetization strategies and how they use A.I. tools to generate thumbnails and titles and even automate their entire workflow.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2025
Months later, scrolling through my pictures, I ran across some thumbnails of uninteresting heaps of meat.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
Both thumbnails are chewed, but he has clean, strong fingers.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
