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fingernail

[fing-ger-nayl] / ˈfɪŋ gərˌneɪl /


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Working inside a refrigerated metal chamber, she carefully adjusts a mounted tumor, roughly the size of a pinkie fingernail, toward a sharp cutting blade.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

The woman sighed, tapped her screen with a fingernail and said, “It’s right there.”

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

At the August hearing, McCaslin said she wants to decide other evidentiary issues, including whether the defense will be allowed to test DNA found under Maggie’s fingernail with new genetic-genealogy techniques.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

"I only found a tiny little bit," she said, showing a fraction of her little fingernail.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

They were walking in. the Egyptian manner—one shoulder forward, arms bent at the wrist—except from time to time when they had to chew off another fingernail.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The criminals hoped the documents within would contain sensitive secrets they could use to blackmail Hughes, who sometimes spent months without leaving his home, eating only chocolate bars and milk, letting his fingernails grow long.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Researchers are now working on a clear nail polish that could make that possible by turning long fingernails into touchscreen-compatible styluses.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026

“Keeping the dirt under my fingernails with projects like this, and watching shows as often as I do, you realize how hard and how much creativity and magic there are around shows,” Lovett said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

He paints his fingernails and is no stranger to samba dancing in the finish area, wanting to bring more colour to alpine skiing.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Her fingernails were metallic rainbows and pointed at the ends.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova


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