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thumb

[thuhm] / θʌm /






VERB
hitchhike
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK








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“The rule of thumb I use with clients is six months liquid, minimum, and that number goes up if you’re carrying financial responsibility for adult children or aging parents.”

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

To recap, three simple rules of thumb can help you think through financial decisions:

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

He explained that “I’ve spent the past decade making sure our party cannot ever again be perceived as having a thumb on the scale for one candidate.”

From Salon • May 5, 2026

The Booked Babes fall quiet as they thumb through their astrology booklets, reading about destiny, transfixed by the mesmerizing promise of inevitable fate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

He pressed his right thumb into the center of his left palm.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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