fingerprint
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fingerprint 1: 1 arch, 2 loop, 3 whorl, 4 composite
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Synonyms
affection, attribute, attribution, character, characteristic, criterion, diagnostic, differentia, feature, hallmark, mark, marker, note, particularity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, specific, stamp, touch, trait
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Investigators later determined that the can bore Lachazo’s fingerprints. — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, "A deadly delivery: 75-year-old woman bashed with mallet and set on fire," 21 Aug. 2019 In late 2018, when Western Journal was suspended, a search for some of the site’s most prominent bylines yielded no digital fingerprints beyond Liftable. — Justin Bank, New York Times, "Big Tech, a Conservative Provocateur and the Fight Over Disinformation," 21 Aug. 2019 On the morning of June 10, a criminalist took fingerprints and palm prints for Downs and identified him that afternoon. — oregonlive.com, "‘I have a knife. I have a bomb. And I have a hostage’: Portland police release details from fatal June officer-involved shooting," 21 Aug. 2019 With the help of elders such as Amadasu, Kupa is also working to log every N.B.M. member in a database, including personal details and fingerprints. — Sean Williams, Harper's magazine, "The Black Axe," 19 Aug. 2019 Jones wasn’t just telling the history of slavery and how its fingerprints can be found all over the nation. — J. Brian Charles, Vox, "What the conservative critics of the New York Times’s 1619 Project miss.," 18 Aug. 2019 Methane released from shale gas production has a slightly different chemical fingerprint compared to methane from cow burps (not farts as commonly believed) and wetlands. — Stephen Leahy, National Geographic, "Fracking boom tied to methane spike in Earth’s atmosphere," 15 Aug. 2019 The researchers said the data also included more than 1 million records containing actual fingerprint scans. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Found: World-readable database used to secure buildings around the globe," 14 Aug. 2019 That’s too bad, because two security researchers uncovered an unencrypted database online containing more than one million people’s fingerprints plus some facial recognition data. — Fortune, "Why Trump’s Trade War Keeps Zapping Tech Stocks—Data Sheet," 14 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fingerprint.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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