Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for fingerprint. Search instead for fingerdruck.
Definitions

fingerprint

[fing-ger-print] / ˈfɪŋ gərˌprɪnt /
NOUN
mark on finger
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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 treatment works by taking a sample of the patient's tumor and identifying its unique mutational signature, or "fingerprint," then using mRNA technology to fight it.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

He admitted that they didn’t turn over the fingerprint evidence and that it would have been helpful to Brooks’ case, according to the memo.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

It improves the chances of a DNA or fingerprint sample being found.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

My noseprint, like your fingerprint, is the first and last and only one.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

Turtle is less hopeful about finding fingerprints of life on Titan.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

To investigate whether these antibody fingerprints could signal vaccine readiness, the team measured immune responses to 185 antigens.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

There are even reports of some older travelers’ fingerprints not being recognized.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Greek officials contacted Interpol and American authorities were able to identify her fingerprints.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Tom White had no formal training as a law-enforcement officer, and he struggled to master new scientific methods, such as decoding the mystifying whorls and loops of fingerprints.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

I wasn’t fingerprinted the next day at Paris’ Gare du Nord train station ahead of a Eurostar train to London, either.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Asylum seekers are fingerprinted on arrival in the UK and checked against UK police databases, but these would not necessarily show a conviction from another country.

From BBC Jul. 2, 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

From Sunday, non-EU travellers entering Europe's Schengen open-borders zone will gradually be photographed and fingerprinted at border crossings, as the European Union rolls out its much-delayed automated border checks.

From Barron's Oct. 9, 2025

When Zach stepped toward us, I wondered if he’d been handcuffed, fingerprinted, photographed, pushed around.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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

To investigate the stones' journey, Curtin scientists used advanced mineral "fingerprinting" methods to study microscopic grains found in rivers near Salisbury Plain in southern England.

From Science Daily Jan. 27, 2026

He was brought to the Amtrak ticket counter, and now Zeitoun saw that they were fingerprinting and photographing each of them.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training