fingerprint

Each element creates its own distinctive set of lines, much like a fingerprint.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

Tracing its source poses particular difficulties for two reasons: an incubation period of up to two weeks before symptoms first appear, and lack of a genetic fingerprint, unlike, say, E. coli.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Every humpback has a pattern on the underside of their tail -- or fluke -- that is unique "like a human fingerprint", Castro said.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

He prays for her before each game, looking up to the sky while grasping his wife’s necklace, then kissing a ring that has her fingerprint tattooed on it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

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

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

“His fingerprints are everywhere in this industry. His impact extends far beyond the performances we see on screen — it’s woven into the very fabric of Hollywood.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Mr. Burger’s fingerprints are all over last week’s report, which was partly funded by the U.S. government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Now, UK nationals are among those who can register fingerprints and photos at passport e-gates, instead of having to use the standalone machines too.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The system was designed to identify subtle textual "fingerprints" that repeatedly appear in known paper mill products.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

“This has your fingerprints all over it,” Julio said, pointing at them with his own fingers, sticky with honey.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

The King's brother has been arrested, taken from his home on the King's estate at Sandringham, photographed and fingerprinted.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

But it was the men who gave her the final label, who fingerprinted her for all time.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

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

This technique—the use of fingerprinting to identify a person—was brand-new.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day