fingernail
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Nanocrystals are extremely small crystals, with millions or even billions able to fit on a fingernail.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
She loved to tell the fingernail story, but 9 To 5 has another legacy - for its powerful statements about working life and women's place in the corporate world.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
His miniature fingernail polish paintings of everyday objects — a purse, a lipstick tube, a stiletto — are equal parts playful and macabre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
On the dresser, she found a pile of soiled handkerchiefs and a scattering of dirt-crusted fingernail clippings.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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
Pfeiffer: The surprising thing is, you realize you’re just hanging on by your fingernails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
However, nonconductive materials like fingernails or pencil erasers do not alter the electric field, so the screen does not respond.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
Last December his daughter, Claire, told the BBC that his teeth were rotting and his fingernails "sometimes fall off".
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
The teacher was tall and thin, with long fingernails that clicked as they flew across the piano keys.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
