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Example Sentences

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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

If this is your era, put a thumbprint on it.

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

The mother tattooed her left arm with an image of her son’s thumbprint, and a clock set at 12:35.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

It looked like a huge thumbprint, even to whorls of wrinkled skin.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck