fingerprints

noun

plural of fingerprint
as in characteristics
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 fingerprints And Mike Vrabel's fingerprints were all over an AFC East resurgence for New England. — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Each of us have our own gifts, as distinct and varied as our fingerprints. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026 Sexton explains in a voiceover that no DNA or fingerprints were found at the Topeka home where Mike Sisco and his partner, Karen Harkness, were killed in 2002. — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026 Over time, the shakers can accumulate cooking splatters from nearby stovetop action, grease, and fingerprints from handling, and even dust and airborne particles that settle on the tops. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2026 What if something other than dark matter can create the same fingerprints? — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026 Investigators found a small bag inside the car, possibly containing methamphetamine, but the GBI Crime Lab recovered no fingerprints from it. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The company says Document Scan can reduce dog-ear folds, wrinkles, and fingerprints when capturing scans. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026 Many had to be identified using fingerprints, according to the medical examiner's spokesperson. — Casey Toner, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fingerprints
  1. characteristics
  2. traits
  3. features
  4. qualities
  5. attributes
  6. attributions
Noun
  • See the Republican Party, which considers Islamophobia as one of its main characteristics.
    — Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
  • What’s more useful in understanding the world is a straightforward accounting of it—a kind of double-entry inventory of its characteristics.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of characteristics
Noun
  • His ability to square the ball up and not chase out of the strike zone are probably his best traits.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The offense showed a lot of good traits in a small sample size, but still has strides to make as the Tigers open up the playbook.
    — PJ Green September 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of traits
Noun
  • Flock recently changed some of its features to prevent abuse.
    — Meg Anderson, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Conventional PCSELs generally depend on repeating patterns, and changing the shape or spacing of those features can make fabrication difficult.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of features
Noun
  • But things did not click regularly enough as a team, hence the summer-long search for a new No 10-type playmaker who could provide the necessary creativity and consistency to supplement Windass’ qualities.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Nigerian pastor William Kumuyi, whose Global Crusades have taken his ministry to countries across several continents, sees those qualities as a wider feature of African Christianity.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of qualities
Noun
  • Fashion teams can compare cities and seasons as well as brands, side by side, and it can be done with a highly granular range of attributes — such as product type, color, material and print all the way through to fit, detail, trim, closure and tone.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Visa says its models examine more than 500 attributes of a transaction and return a risk score in milliseconds.
    — Satya Vandrangi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of attributes
Noun
  • In two cases, the publishers added specific attributions, as had been required of Miller’s book.
    — Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The work has bounced between several attributions over the years before scholar Giuseppe Porzio identified it as a painting by Glielmo, giving bidders a fresh reason to take notice.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026
Definition of attributions

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