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[thuhm-print] / ˈθʌmˌprɪnt /


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These versions are also much larger: while an O’Ryan’s potato is about the size of a thumbprint, See’s can stretch up to three inches long.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2026

Kid Soul: Put a thumbprint on your time.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

In these postwar decades, Cowley’s thumbprint seemed to be on everything.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

BBC News has seen a confession, written in Arabic, which Manuel says he was forced to thumbprint without the presence of a lawyer or the aid of a translator.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2024

“So if I scan my thumbprint on this thing, I’ll travel into the future?”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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