fingerprint
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Jurors were also informed that Walters’ partial fingerprint was found on the white Spencer’s bag holding the cache of stolen firearms that Oxford turned over to police.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Roberts sent the envelope that contained the threatening letter for forensic analysis, and a fingerprint returned a match to White, according to the criminal complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Some of my colleagues refer to it as a fingerprint," Creevy said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 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
I watch her open a packet of sugar, spill some on the table, then press a fingerprint of the crystals into the cover of her sketchbook.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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Travelers can enroll online with proper documents and set up an in person appointment to take fingerprints and a photo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Turtle is less hopeful about finding fingerprints of life on Titan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Gotham is able to distinguish between the animals largely thanks to "fluke prints": whales have unique patterns on the underside of their tails, similar to human fingerprints, St. Lawrence explained.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
People aged six and above would have their biometric data collected, with information - such as fingerprints - stored on the Eurodac database.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Due to bad weather, it looked like the fingerprints would not arrive in DC in time.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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An agent there said I must have been fingerprinted at the airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
This is a yearly process mandated by the Indian government where Rohingya refugees are photographed and fingerprinted.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
He was booked, fingerprinted, photographed, and released on bond, wearing a broad smile as he stepped out of the courthouse.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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As a high-schooler Busby performed locally; a music career beckoned, but based on his academic performance an FBI recruiter offered him a position in the bureau’s fingerprinting lab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
Chemical fingerprinting indicates that microbial sources, including wetlands, inland waters, reservoirs, and agriculture, were responsible for most of the observed changes.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 10, 2026
They don’t prevent you from accidentally sharing personal information online, protect you from phishing links or stop you from being tracked through cookies and browser fingerprinting.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
But fingerprinting was on the rise, and it was beginning to displace the Bertillon system.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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