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Example Sentences

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These versions are also much larger: while an O’Ryan’s potato is about the size of a thumbprint, See’s can stretch up to three inches long.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

In these postwar decades, Cowley’s thumbprint seemed to be on everything.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

“Writing is a way of marking existence. For me to have that as a thumbprint foundation to pretty much everything that I do is like: Before anything else, someone was here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

The mother tattooed her left arm with an image of her son’s thumbprint, and a clock set at 12:35.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

“It’s the purple thumbprint on the CEO’s computer monitor,” said Sydney.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti