DNA test

noun

: a test that examines DNA and that is used to identify someone or to show that people are relatives

Examples of DNA test in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even if he wasn’t related to any of them, Mr. Lee figured, maybe a DNA test could still provide other answers that had eluded him. —Emily Cochrane Caroline Gutman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024

During Keeping Up with the Kardashians' season 7 premiere, Kris suggested that Khloé take a DNA test to give herself peace of mind. —Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024

Investigators later confirmed the real Woods’ identity after obtaining a DNA test. —Dell Cameron Andrew Couts, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024

Hunter Biden initially denied the claim, but a DNA test proved otherwise. —Maressa Brown, Parents, 19 Mar. 2024

So, in 2018, Hammons paid $99 for a DNA test through the genealogy website Ancestry. —Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024

The case went unsolved until a DNA test linked Misch to skin cells found underneath Duey’s fingernails in 2003, prosecutors said. —Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024

Now more than three-quarters of a century later, a researcher exploring the history of those kids prompted Koray to take a DNA test, and Hellman received an alert of a second cousin. —Sam Brock, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2024

The following month, a DNA test revealed that his youngest brother, Sufyan, also had the same disease-causing mutation. —Megan Molteni, STAT, 5 Feb. 2024