fingerprint

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Many people have become accustomed to using their phones at checkout, authenticating themselves with a fingerprint or their face.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

In our brave new world, even young kids need a fingerprint reader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

“It’s just that I’m more in control now. I do more of the work, and I can put more of my fingerprint on the show than when I started.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

"Our research is helping us uncover the unique statistical properties -- or statistical fingerprint -- of these sign systems, which are an early predecessor to writing," says Professor Christian Bentz.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

An address on a package wrapped in plain brown paper was as damaging as a fingerprint on a gun, Jones thought.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole