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fingerprint

[fing-ger-print] / ˈfɪŋ gərˌprɪnt /
NOUN
mark on finger
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Jurors were also informed that Walters’ partial fingerprint was found on the white Spencer’s bag holding the cache of stolen firearms that Oxford turned over to police.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

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

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

An EEG captures patterns of electrical activity and oscillations across brain networks, creating what can be thought of as an electrical fingerprint of the brain.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

In the shadowshaper portrait, OP Vernon still had a black fingerprint over his face.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

They then analyzed the age "fingerprints" of those grains and compared them with geological samples from possible source locations.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 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

He pulled his harp out of his pants pocket and wiped Train Ear’s spit and fingerprints off its body.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

As a teenager, she applied to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, paid her fee and was fingerprinted for a background check.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 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 gradually be photographed and fingerprinted at border crossings, as the European Union rolls out its much-delayed automated border checks.

From Barron's Oct. 9, 2025

This time, 5,000 men were fingerprinted in the space of a month - and Headley was caught.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2025

He was booked, fingerprinted, photographed, and released on bond, wearing a broad smile as he stepped out of the courthouse.

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

Most states need to send cyclospora specimens to the CDC for genetic fingerprinting because their own public-health laboratories can’t do it, Williams said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 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

Mahmood said there is "always concern" when a new technology is adopted, adding this previously applied to the use of fingerprinting and DNA samples.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2026

Locard believed in a brand-new method of identification: fingerprinting.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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