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fingernail

[fing-ger-nayl] / ˈfɪŋ gərˌneɪl /


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The woman sighed, tapped her screen with a fingernail and said, “It’s right there.”

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Every second, about 65 billion neutrinos from the Sun pass through your little fingernail.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Nanocrystals are extremely small crystals, with millions or even billions able to fit on a fingernail.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

At the August hearing, McCaslin said she wants to decide other evidentiary issues, including whether the defense will be allowed to test DNA found under Maggie’s fingernail with new genetic-genealogy techniques.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

It was shiny black, smaller than Cat’s fingernail and hard like a stone.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

He scraped the bottom of the pool with his fingernails and provided a few treatment tips of his own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Researchers are now working on a clear nail polish that could make that possible by turning long fingernails into touchscreen-compatible styluses.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026

“Keeping the dirt under my fingernails with projects like this, and watching shows as often as I do, you realize how hard and how much creativity and magic there are around shows,” Lovett said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

Last December his daughter, Claire, told the BBC that his teeth were rotting and his fingernails "sometimes fall off".

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

The nurse taught her to oil her skin as well, and to buff her fingernails with a piece of leather.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer


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