as in characteristic
something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind
regards a sense of permanence as one of the fingerprints of a civilized society
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Recent Examples of fingerprint
Every pair of jeans carries the fingerprints of the people who grew the cotton, spun the yarn, wove the fabric, cut the patterns, and stitched the garment together.
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Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
29 June 2026
Short was identified by her fingerprints, which were on file for both a job application at an army base and a teenage arrest for underage drinking.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 June 2026
Doors in the office are secured by number-code and fingerprint locks, which command staff and others have access to, Rogers said.
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Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
And although some assembly is required, this smart lock stores up to 50 fingerprints and 100 passcodes, so everyone in your home can gain entry.
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Carlos Mejia,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
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Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
29 June 2026
Short was identified by her fingerprints, which were on file for both a job application at an army base and a teenage arrest for underage drinking.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 June 2026
Doors in the office are secured by number-code and fingerprint locks, which command staff and others have access to, Rogers said.
—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2026
And although some assembly is required, this smart lock stores up to 50 fingerprints and 100 passcodes, so everyone in your home can gain entry.
—
Carlos Mejia,
PC Magazine,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for fingerprint
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fingerprint
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Three months later, the Supreme Court voted to allow immigration agents to stop people based on racial or ethnic characteristics while still-ongoing litigation against it proceeded.
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For example, the experienced representative knew from past cases that when the customer had three particular characteristics, the usual answer would be wrong.
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The company is selling highly customizable electric vehicles that come with few standard features, but plenty of optional add-ons.
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Stars from Rowling's Harry Potter feature films have also criticized her stances, including Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe.
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Still, the pieces of ceiling trim dedicated to the pillars of courage and trust remained missing, a nod perhaps to the traits most easily lost when disaster strikes – and most needed to rebuild.
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The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people — including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.
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Persistent fatigue despite adequate sleep, dizziness, breathlessness, brain fog, low mood, brittle nails, hair fall, feeling unusually cold, and changes in skin quality all signal low ferritin levels.
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The goal is to build higher quality affordable housing by using efficient construction methods Jamison has learned through building more than 8,000 market-rate apartments in the past, Lee said.
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There are loft-like attributes to them, and also the feeling of living in a penthouse.
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Some rabbinic readings attribute Lot’s hesitation to leave Sodom to his immoral greed and inordinate wealth.
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Enterprise marketing does not rely on a single metric but on convergence across multiple validation frameworks including marketing mix modeling, attribution modeling, brand lift, and conversion lift.
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This stark discrepancy—akin to selling a Hermès bag at a 60 percent discount in one location while attempting to sell it at full price at a nearby store—has exacerbated mistrust in the art system’s attribution of prices and value.
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“Fingerprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fingerprint. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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