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
However, the fingerprint of that photo is now completely new, meaning the hashing technology doesn’t recognize it as the same photo with just that one pixel difference.
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
The album was born out of a writing retreat between Tindle and her husband, the National’s Bryce Dessner, whose compositional fingerprints are all over the project.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 Apr. 2026
Investigators have three of the devices in possession and are running them for fingerprints.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Below the keypad is a round keyway with a fingerprint scanner that will accommodate up to 99 unique fingerprints.
—John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
The album was born out of a writing retreat between Tindle and her husband, the National’s Bryce Dessner, whose compositional fingerprints are all over the project.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 Apr. 2026
Investigators have three of the devices in possession and are running them for fingerprints.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Below the keypad is a round keyway with a fingerprint scanner that will accommodate up to 99 unique fingerprints.
—John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fingerprint
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The interface of the desktop website version includes key mission milestones and characteristics about the moon, including information about landing sites during the Apollo era.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Hegseth exhibits those characteristics, and our soldiers finally have someone to follow.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Special features include a four-person Irish snug attached to the bar, complete with a pass-through for drink service and exterior doors from a 1800s-era church that can close off the space for privacy.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Food delivery worker Idiou Barry on Tuesday demonstrated the battery-charging feature.—
Dave Carlin,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Iran’s military said Saturday that Iraq would be exempt from shipping restrictions in the trait, opening the potential of as much as 3 million barrels a day of Iraqi oil cargoes.—
Arsalan Shahla,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The cooperative birth behavior may reflect ancient evolutionary traits in toothed whales — and evidence of complex social cooperation beyond primates.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
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A little more than a week into the season, the Padres have two quality starts out of their rotation.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The MorphoScan is even missing a couple of quality-of-life features present on the Etekcity scale, including a safe mode for pregnant women and pacemaker users that disables the BIA electrical current for weight-only measurements.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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Boasting the complete libraries of MCU and Star Wars are undoubted attributes, but continually giving viewers new episodes of both in the same small stretch of time is an undeniable flex.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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For nearly every sport, there are innate attributes that can give an athlete an edge.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Study came out a little while ago, talking about sycophancy in LLM chats and its effect on sort of attribution of fault during conflict.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
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The NewFronts pitch focused on Outcomes+, a new offering for advertisers that aims to improve targeting and attribution, bridging the gap between linear TV and streaming.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Fingerprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fingerprint. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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