A thermistor is a temperature-variable resistor like in a coolant temperature sensor. You have a plain old variable resistor hooked to a float in the gas tank. On some cars it's clipped to the fuel pump assembly and can be easily replaced and often repaired. The float arm can be popped off by lifting a little locking finger, then the weak contact can be bent slightly to make better contact.
On some cars the sending unit is separate from the fuel pump assembly but it can often be repaired the same way.
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