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

"Our research is helping us uncover the unique statistical properties -- or statistical fingerprint -- of these sign systems, which are an early predecessor to writing," says Professor Christian Bentz.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

We also have fingerprint, retinal, and DNA scans, and have to step through special metal detectors.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins