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  2. Thumb signal - Wikipedia

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    A thumb signal, usually described as a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, is a common hand gesture achieved by a closed fist held with the thumb extended upward or downward, respectively. The thumbs-up gesture is associated with positivity, approval, achievement, satisfaction and solidarity, while the thumbs-down gesture is associated with concern ...

  3. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;

  4. Wikipedia : Lists of common misspellings/Grammar and ...

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    daily regimen) (darker than [comparative]) (DC, direct current) (de rigueur) death knell (deciding how) (deep-seated) (kelvins) (depending on) (depending on whom you)

  5. Hyphen - Wikipedia

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    The hyphen ‐ is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. [1]The hyphen is sometimes confused with dashes (en dash –, em dash — and others), which are wider, or with the minus sign −, which is also wider and usually drawn a little higher to match the crossbar in the plus sign +.

  6. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    Both hands are held up, palms toward the congregation, with the fingers grouped in twos – the little and ring fingers together, the index and second fingers together, and the tips of the two thumbs touching. The golf clap, unlike applause, is a timid and practically silent clapping of the palms together, to silently approve of something. It ...

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Capital letters

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    In article text, do not use a capital letter after a hyphen except for terms that would ordinarily be capitalized in running prose, such as proper names (e.g. demonyms and brand names): Graeco-Roman and Mediterranean-style, but not Gandhi-Like. Letters used as designations are treated as names for this purpose: a size-A drill bit.

  8. Thumb - Wikipedia

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    Opposable thumbs are shared by some primates, including most catarrhines. [citation needed] The climbing and suspensory behaviour in orthograde apes, such as chimpanzees, has resulted in elongated hands while the thumb has remained short. As a result, these primates are unable to perform the pad-to-pad grip associated with opposability.

  9. Thumbs Up (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Thumbs Up is a hand gesture. Thumbs Up may also refer to: Thumbs Up, a 1943 American musical drama; Thumbs Up!, a 1934 musical revue; Thumbs Up, a Chinese newspaper published in Singapore for school children "Thumbs Up", an episode of Rugrats "Thumbs Up" (song), by Momoland; Thumbs Up!, by Pentagon