THUMBS (THROUGH) Synonyms: 29 Similar Words

thumbs (through)

verb

present tense third-person singular of thumb (through)

as in leafs (through)

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Its deep water never fully turns over, leaving the bottom starved of oxygen and free of currents.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026
Put both on the same page and the comparison turns over.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of turns over

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Emanuel Maiberg talks to an employee at the warehouse where Amazon scans and destroys books for AI training.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
One camera is used for AI perception and scans your lawn to identify objects and other lawn conditions, while the other two work in tandem as a stereo 3D vision system for real-time mapping.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026

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MyStarChain will present its blockchain voting platform MyStarPick, and HiStranger will introduce Insight Flow, a tool that reads biosignals to gauge audience emotional response.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Even if the rationale behind all of those films are understandable in a vacuum, that recap hardly reads like the story of a blue chip IP.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026

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thumbs (through)

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