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Example Sentences

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The system's biometric fingerprint process could not accommodate someone like him, as it could not capture his scarred thumbprint or the prints of the other two scarred fingers.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

In many ways, the high-tech future I envisioned as a child has come to pass — we have computers in our pockets, driverless cars, thumbprint and face ID, and voice-activated remote controls for everything.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

On each agent’s forehead was a distinctive purple thumbprint.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti