fingerprint

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The nonprofit group also collected more than 130,000 signatures calling for the execution to be halted to allow for "necessary fingerprint and DNA testing".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Every humpback has a pattern on the underside of their tail -- or fluke -- that is unique "like a human fingerprint", Castro said.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Scientists use deuterium levels as a kind of chemical fingerprint that reveals the conditions present when celestial objects formed.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

“But you’re stuck with your facial geometry and your fingerprint for life unless you take drastic measures like burning your fingerprints off,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The skin melds together, swirls of fingerprint ridges finding one another again, closing solidly once more.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern