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fingerprint

[fing-ger-print] / ˈfɪŋ gərˌprɪnt /
NOUN
mark on finger
Synonyms


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Roberts sent the envelope that contained the threatening letter for forensic analysis, and a fingerprint returned a match to White, according to the criminal complaint.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

"Some of my colleagues refer to it as a fingerprint," Creevy said.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

The treatment works by taking a sample of the patient's tumor and identifying its unique mutational signature, or "fingerprint," then using mRNA technology to fight it.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

A smudged fingerprint on the rear-view mirror has also never been matched.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Every drawer was empty, every bare surface without so much as a fingerprint.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

After being de-selected by Labour in 2022, he bombarded Banks with more than 100 offensive cards and letters until his fingerprints were found on one in summer 2025.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Travelers can enroll online with proper documents and set up an in person appointment to take fingerprints and a photo.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Turtle is less hopeful about finding fingerprints of life on Titan.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Gotham is able to distinguish between the animals largely thanks to "fluke prints": whales have unique patterns on the underside of their tails, similar to human fingerprints, St. Lawrence explained.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

She’d already scrubbed the muddy tracks from the back door to Henry’s room and rubbed away the grimy fingerprints on the edges of the kitchen sink.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

An agent there said I must have been fingerprinted at the airport.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Asylum seekers are fingerprinted on arrival in the UK and checked against UK police databases, but these would not necessarily show a conviction from another country.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Because Cynthia’s white Fiero had been released to Gonzalez before it could be properly fingerprinted, police said it wasn’t useful to the case either.

From Slate Apr. 6, 2026

From Sunday, non-EU travellers entering Europe's Schengen open-borders zone will be photographed and fingerprinted at border crossings, as the European Union rolls out its much-delayed automated border checks.

From Barron's Oct. 12, 2025

This touched off a parade of boycott leaders who filed inside the courthouse one by one and minutes later came out, freshly booked and fingerprinted, descending the steps into a cheering crowd of spectators.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

As a high-schooler Busby performed locally; a music career beckoned, but based on his academic performance an FBI recruiter offered him a position in the bureau’s fingerprinting lab.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Because the countries had no official diplomatic ties, it took months of negotiations to arrange that game, and the Iranians required special fingerprinting and security exemptions at the airport.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

Chemical fingerprinting indicates that microbial sources, including wetlands, inland waters, reservoirs, and agriculture, were responsible for most of the observed changes.

From Science Daily Feb. 10, 2026

They don’t prevent you from accidentally sharing personal information online, protect you from phishing links or stop you from being tracked through cookies and browser fingerprinting.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2025

Bratton retrofitted a city bus and turned it into a rolling station house, with its own fax machines, phones, holding pen, and fingerprinting facilities.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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