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fingerprint

[fing-ger-print] / ˈfɪŋ gərˌprɪnt /
NOUN
mark on finger
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The molecules of DNA pass through a nanopore - a tiny hole - which reveals the tumour's unique genomic fingerprint.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

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 researchers used one of the first approaches to examine a broad antibody "fingerprint" present before vaccination as a measure of immune readiness.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

The idea behind it—that every human has a unique fingerprint that cannot be altered—was proposed by the Scottish doctor Henry Faulds.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Soon after the attacks, individuals were identified using fingerprints or dental records, but as time went on, when neither was available, the office turned to DNA.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

It was mounted on the wall, and it was covered with greasy black fingerprints.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

Sardar Khan, 41, was sitting in a large tent at Omari camp near the crossing, where people get a return certificate and are fingerprinted.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

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

This is a yearly process mandated by the Indian government where Rohingya refugees are photographed and fingerprinted.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

When she had registered with the Immigration and Naturalization Service upon filing her green card application, Luma had been fingerprinted; her fingers were placed on an ink pad and carefully rolled over the card beneath.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

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

You can still be tracked through cookies, browser fingerprinting, account logins and other methods.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026

The study, titled 'Detrital zircon-apatite fingerprinting challenges glacial transport of Stonehenge's megaliths', was published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026

But fingerprinting was on the rise, and it was beginning to displace the Bertillon system.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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