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
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
Ortiz says an Arlington police detective called him and asked what fingernail polish Cynthia had been wearing when she disappeared.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Every kid had lined up for lemonade—and then wanted face painting and hair braiding and fingernail polishing and toenail polishing.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
His fingernails, seen up close, are relatively clean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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
"Under my fingernails, it's no longer the sacred earth of Djenne, but engine grease," Cisse told AFP, overcome with nostalgia for his former life.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
He could’ve passed for one of those fancy rich bankers over in Raleigh except for the garden dirt under his fingernails and his hair squashed flat from his baseball cap.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
