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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In other words, these programs offer actresses real opportunities as well as scenes in which they’re seated at their dressing tables putting on diamond earrings while coping with a situation involving a DNA test.
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Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
The searchers embrace her and advise to go to the attorney’s office for a DNA test.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
In his order, Lake Circuit Court Judge Brian Welke said studying how the DNA test was conducted and a further analysis of the testing protocol and data would still not exonerate Duckett.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
Other concerns, Corrado notes, include the chance that an extremely sensitive DNA test could generate a DNA profile of someone who was never at a crime scene but whose DNA was transferred there by a family member or through other innocent means.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
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Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
The searchers embrace her and advise to go to the attorney’s office for a DNA test.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
In his order, Lake Circuit Court Judge Brian Welke said studying how the DNA test was conducted and a further analysis of the testing protocol and data would still not exonerate Duckett.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
Other concerns, Corrado notes, include the chance that an extremely sensitive DNA test could generate a DNA profile of someone who was never at a crime scene but whose DNA was transferred there by a family member or through other innocent means.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
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“DNA test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DNA%20test. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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