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Example Sentences

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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

There's also a historian who tracked his thumbnail growth for 35 years, and physics researchers exploring the mysteries of pasta sauce.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 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

For video Stories, you might be able to view a static thumbnail, with no hope of recovering the rest of the footage.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2024

And then he tore a little strip of skin away from the side of the thumbnail on his left hand.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon