fingerprint

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Many people have become accustomed to using their phones at checkout, authenticating themselves with a fingerprint or their face.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

Each phase left behind a unique mineral fingerprint, allowing researchers to track how the magma's composition shifted over time.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

The pane was hard and smooth, the perfect surface for a fingerprint, and Bertillon was extremely good at lifting prints.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day