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
That’s Cristobal’s fingerprint; an old Miami lineman who understands that toughness never goes out of style.
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
On the field, Brooks and Dodson had their fingerprints all over a seven-game midseason defensive turnaround.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Similarly, in 2009, a judge in Arizona issued a warrant — which police there said was still active when he was arrested in 2022 — for failing to submit to fingerprint testing.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
Stable nitrogen has two isotopes, Nitrogen-14 (lighter and abundant) and Nitrogen-15 (heavier and less common), which act like dietary fingerprints.
—Jay Kakade
december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
On the field, Brooks and Dodson had their fingerprints all over a seven-game midseason defensive turnaround.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Similarly, in 2009, a judge in Arizona issued a warrant — which police there said was still active when he was arrested in 2022 — for failing to submit to fingerprint testing.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
Stable nitrogen has two isotopes, Nitrogen-14 (lighter and abundant) and Nitrogen-15 (heavier and less common), which act like dietary fingerprints.
—Jay Kakade
december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fingerprint
Noun
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But there are other factors that needled their way into the evolutionary development of dormancy characteristics.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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There’s no single definition in our modern times, but experts generally agree on a few characteristics.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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This is not always the case, however, as rates, service quality, and coverage features often vary widely.—
Ethan M. Stone,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Of the 14 teams that qualified for the playoffs, eight feature a player with Idaho ties on their roster.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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By examining liver cells as the disease progressed, researchers saw that healthy liver functions slowly shut down and survival traits took over.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Louisville transfer features the size (6-6, 325), length and explosive traits NFL defensive coordinators covet and QBs usually lose sleep over.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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Jake shares some similar attributes with his father.—
Mirin Fader,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Our research focused on products with clear attributes, such as taste or comfort, and on consumers who already knew their preferences.—
Jaclyn L. Tanenbaum,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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The attribution of climate change to extreme heat has the strongest connection and highest confidence compared to all other weather events.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
31 Dec. 2025
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Combining the evidence from across the climate system increases the level of confidence in the attribution of observed climate change to human influence and reduces the uncertainties associated with assessments based on single variables.—
Gary W. Yohe,
The Conversation,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Fingerprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fingerprint. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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