fingerprint
Example Sentences
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Many people have become accustomed to using their phones at checkout, authenticating themselves with a fingerprint or their face.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
“It’s just that I’m more in control now. I do more of the work, and I can put more of my fingerprint on the show than when I started.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
At the time, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said customers flocked to the iPhone 5S instead because of its new fingerprint sensor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Using advanced computational techniques, the team searched for CAG-170's genetic fingerprint in gut microbiome samples from more than 11,000 people across 39 countries.
From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026
The pane was hard and smooth, the perfect surface for a fingerprint, and Bertillon was extremely good at lifting prints.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.