fingerprint

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In our brave new world, even young kids need a fingerprint reader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

At the courthouse, immigration agents took Estrada Juarez’s fingerprints and asked her to apply a fingerprint to a form saying she had agreed to be deported, Rodriguez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

At the time, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said customers flocked to the iPhone 5S instead because of its new fingerprint sensor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

One of the most striking discoveries was a partial human fingerprint preserved in the caulking.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

Ever since I was little, I’ve pressed my right thumbnail into the finger pad of my middle finger, and so now there’s this weird callus over my fingerprint.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green