How to Use biometric in a Sentence
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Pruitt had the doors to his third-floor office suite closed and installed biometric locks.
—Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2018
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Here are three factors that will help you make the best choice when buying a biometric safe.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 11 June 2020
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Size and Weight Is this biometric gun safe going to be mobile?
—Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2023
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Greer and Fight for the Future want biometric technology of all kinds to be banned.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2022
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The idea of using biometric data to speed up the travel process is nothing new.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 2 Mar. 2020
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A user—or thief—could skip the biometric method and instead just enter (or guess) a PIN or a password.
—Janne Lindqvist, Scientific American, 7 May 2017
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A user – or thief – could skip the biometric method and instead just enter (or guess) a PIN or a password.
—Janne Lindqvist, Smithsonian, 4 May 2017
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The bill, which would take effect Jan. 1, also bans the use of biometric scanning with police body cams.
—Levi Sumagaysay, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2019
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Airlines have not canceled flights so far, and anyone with a biometric passport can use the e-gates.
—Julia Buckley, CNN, 17 Dec. 2022
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The biometric tech, called Amazon One, was patented in 2019, and this is the company’s biggest launch yet.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 11 Aug. 2022
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Yet the idea of handing over biometric data to one of the largest retailers in the United States could raise eyebrows, too.
—Rachel Metz, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020
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Lorance then sought to cover up his crime by telling his troops not to collect biometric data on the dead.
—Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
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The baseline would be used to see if any abrupt spikes or dips in the biometric data merit a response from Walmart's staff.
—Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, 10 Oct. 2018
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But what the Whoop gizmo does do is slurp up a lot of biometric data, specifically about the heart.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 17 Mar. 2021
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Oh created a biometric safe that looks a bit like a holster.
—John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
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No gun should be able to be sold unless your biometric measure could pull that trigger.
—Time Staff, Time, 29 June 2019
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Then, like most biometric devices, the device compares future scans to the data stored about you in the device.
—Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2017
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At the same time, the biometric system can check whether a face is spoofed in paper, on a screen, as a mask, or through any other form of spoofing technique.
—Rene Hendrikse, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
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The biometric payment systems called Amazon One allows shoppers to pay with nothing more than a wave from the palm of their hand.
—Fortune, 22 Apr. 2021
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Texas is one of just a few states with a law governing the use of biometric data, and this marks the second time that Texas has invoked the 2009 law to file a suit against a company.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
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Lawyers for TikTok said in court filings that the app doesn’t collect biometric data such as voice recordings and face scans.
—David Uberti, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2020
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The United Nations used its own biometric systems to track more than 1.5 million Afghan refugees.
—Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2021
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At the bottom of the escutcheon is a round panel with a biometric fingerprint reader.
—PCMAG, 20 May 2024
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The most tricky point came down to how far to restrict live biometric identification tools.
—Jillian Deutsch, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2023
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Clear uses a biometric scan of your eyes or fingerprints.
—Tara Woodin, ajc, 1 Sep. 2022
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One of the ways the concept almost merges the human with the vehicle is through its biometric connection controls.
—Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 7 Jan. 2020
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They were wired up with eye-tracking glasses and biometric sensors.
—Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, 19 June 2018
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The school has 22 biometric safes around the campus and seven safety officers who double as aides during the day.
—Staff, cleveland.com, 3 Mar. 2018
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Who should be held liable when a person’s biometric data — their facial features, voice or fingerprints — is misused?
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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With pitch-tracking data, slow-motion cameras and biometric data, pitchers have more information about themselves and about hitters.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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