DNA test
noun
: a test that examines DNA and that is used to identify someone or to show that people are relatives
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Donald Cline: Fertility doctor who fathered dozens The story of Indianapolis fertility doctor Donald Cline began to unravel in 2014, after Jacoba Ballard, who believed she was conceived using an anonymous sperm donor, took a DNA test to learn about her biological background.
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Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 15 July 2025
One of whom, called Lin, also agreed to take a DNA test.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 10 July 2025
In 2019, Hardin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to concurrent 25-year prison terms on two charges after a DNA test matched him to the unsolved rape of an elementary school teacher in 1997 in Rogers.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
Her curiosity eventually led her to take a DNA test.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
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Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 15 July 2025
One of whom, called Lin, also agreed to take a DNA test.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 10 July 2025
In 2019, Hardin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to concurrent 25-year prison terms on two charges after a DNA test matched him to the unsolved rape of an elementary school teacher in 1997 in Rogers.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
Her curiosity eventually led her to take a DNA test.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for DNA test
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“DNA test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DNA%20test. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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