How to Use flash drive in a Sentence

flash drive

noun
Definition of flash drivenext
  • And then all that stupid s--- about the flash drive and the dumb McGuffin of it all.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • When the case is over, the court will collect and destroy the flash drives.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Your best bet is to copy the CDs to your smartphone or flash drive.
    — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The center has barred the use of flash drives and disabled USB ports.
    — New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
  • To add your name to the flash drive, players will need to head over to the Artemis I website.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Go buy a $40 flash drive, copy those files to it and then toss it in a drawer.
    — Dallas News, 11 July 2019
  • Hard disk drives last about five years, while flash drives last for around 10 years.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Save it on a flash drive or email the finished product to be saved for years to come!
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Your best bet is to copy the CDs to your smart phone or flash drive or have a service copy them for you.
    — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2021
  • And the flash drive’s detailed vote tallies matched those on the machine.
    — Eric Litke, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Keep your data backed up on a separate flash drive and in the cloud.
    — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The radio station got lucky, though, as the flash drive didn't explode.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Once both things have been downloaded, use the software to write the OS onto the flash drive.
    — Saira Mueller, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Put it on a flash drive or in your Dropbox, then sync it over and import it on your new PC.
    — Whitson Gordon, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The employee gave the officer a flash drive with video footage of the encounter.
    — cleveland, 14 Apr. 2022
  • These are some of the lowest prices these mammoth flash drives have ever been.
    — Alexandria Haslam, PCWorld, 15 Aug. 2018
  • Amazon This flash drive made our list of the Best iPad Accessories.
    — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • To combat the spread of the devices, some schools have banned flash drives as well, to avoid any confusion between the items.
    — Ana B. Ibarra, sacbee, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The iXpand Luxe is our flash drive pick for backing up phone content.
    — Brenda Stolyar and Medea Giordano, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2022
  • There’s lots of razzle-dazzle, but the plot, which involves the global hunt for a flash drive, doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
    — Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Customers will have to plug the flash drive into the USB port on the treadmill to apply the software update.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 16 June 2022
  • The elastic loops can secure something as small as a flash drive or a longer cord wrapped up nicely.
    — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
  • It was smuggled out of Iran in a flash drive hidden inside a cake and shown at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Police later retrieved the flash drives, the warrant says.
    — David Owens, courant.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • This wasn’t an issue with HDMI or flash drive videos or with streaming.
    — Dallas News, 7 July 2022
  • The assay includes a swab, a vial of extraction solution and a cassette the size of a small flash drive.
    — Emma Court, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Plugged into a computer or laptop to charge, the device looks like a long USB flash drive.
    — Katy Bergen, kansascity, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Each bottle also contains enough rice to feed a family of four for a week, as well as a Bible on a flash drive and a U.S. $1 bill.
    — Eric Shawn, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Once enabled, the Android phone will show up in the left margin of a File Explorer window, just like a flash drive.
    — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 29 July 2024
  • Store them in the cloud and if possible keep a physical copy with your important papers or on a flash drive.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024

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