fingerprints

plural of fingerprint

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Recent Examples of fingerprints The standard Hornbill blade uses a micro-sandblasted treatment, creating an even matte surface that is understated and resistant to fingerprints. New Atlas, 21 July 2026 After failing to find a match with the cataloged spectral fingerprints of the simplest and most common planetary ices, Bézard wondered whether another world with similar atmospheric chemistry might hold a clue. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 July 2026 There isn’t a sentence that doesn’t have our collective fingerprints all over it. Scott Westerfeld, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026 Every giraffe's set of spots is unique, just like our fingerprints. Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 18 July 2026 Despite the proxy battle that this year’s Senate primaries have become, pitting the left against the mainstream, there’s little upside for any senators to put their fingerprints on the Maine do-over. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 16 July 2026 Electronic Screens In many households, items like laptops and flat-screen TVs receive a lot of attention and require frequent cleaning to remove dust, fingerprints, and other marks. Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 15 July 2026 Officers ran him down several blocks from the from the station and confirmed his identity through a check of his fingerprints, police said. Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 When the fingerprints match across multiple cases in different states, scientists know to look for a common source. Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fingerprints
Noun
  • The other examines how climate change altered the characteristics of the event that happened; for example, whether a hurricane produced more rainfall or a heat wave became hotter because the atmosphere has warmed.
    Deepti Singh, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • Nicknamed Planet Nine and sometimes more generically called Planet X, its existence is hotly debated, but most predictions of this putative world’s characteristics put it squarely in the range of LSST’s capabilities to spot.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • How might these specific traits impact the overall yak population and their habitat?
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Hagaman has the sort of traits another team might be happy to take a chance on.
    The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • Browning and Eveland pointed out all the features of the weapon and walked through how to safely take it apart and put it back together.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
  • Surface features may not provide much evidence, so the scientists looked at fossils.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • Three entry points Visitors have three choices to enter the Okefenokee — the east, west and north entrances, each with its own public amenities and natural qualities.
    Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
  • The entire installment is structured as different types of Emmys bait, with the patriarch and his crew becoming increasingly desperate to rip off the qualities of award-winning shows and finally bring home the coveted gold.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • Hollywood now effectively markets these technical attributes, making the format a key draw.
    David Deal, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Output aside, Tzolis has the key ‘macro’ attributes that have been crucial to Mikel Arteta’s side developing into England’s champions.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Political discussions on social media are often dominated by competing attributions of more and more insidious motives to people on the other side.
    Mark Schroeder, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2026

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“Fingerprints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fingerprints. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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