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fingerprint

[fing-ger-print] / ˈfɪŋ gərˌprɪnt /
NOUN
mark on finger
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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

The researchers used one of the first approaches to examine a broad antibody "fingerprint" present before vaccination as a measure of immune readiness.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 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

They also used footage to piece together Mangione's alleged movements after the shooting, and ballistics and fingerprint evidence they claim bolsters their case.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Uhmma drives away from the fair without a prize, only a deep fingerprint between her eyebrows.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

Antidepressants, beta-blockers, proton pump inhibitors, and benzodiazepines were also associated with distinctive microbial "fingerprints."

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 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

The system, officially rolled out in April, relies on facial recognition and fingerprints instead of the age-old practice of getting your passport stamped at a booth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The photograph of the birthday party is sticky in my hand; without meaning to I've left fingerprints all over it, touching the faces of these dead and disappeared girls.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

I wasn’t fingerprinted at the booth and still don’t understand why.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

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

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

When Juarez-Basilio was booked into a San Fernando Valley jail and fingerprinted, it pinged the Pacific Enforcement Response Center, an ICE facility in Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2025

When Zach stepped toward us, I wondered if he’d been handcuffed, fingerprinted, photographed, pushed around.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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

Portugal and Italy do not plan on exempting British nationals from Europe's new fingerprinting and facial scanning checks, the European Commission has confirmed.

From BBC May 7, 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

Locard believed in a brand-new method of identification: fingerprinting.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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