Thesaurus results for FINGERPRINTS

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 Leonardo’s SignalTrace product page says the system stores electronic fingerprints for later queries and can recognize a vehicle without seeing its license plate. — Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026 India’s Aadhaar system, created in 2009, uses iris scans and fingerprints, and assigns a unique twelve-digit number to all residents. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 People committing crimes may now run a surveillance gauntlet to and from the scene, leaving a digital trail that can identify them much like fingerprints. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026 Among these items were fingerprints lifted from beer cans held by the shooters during the Welcome Inn bar robbery and fatal shooting. — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026 As the mastermind behind the Hollywood hair of stars like Stone, Lily Collins, and Zoe Saldaña — and the founder of Rōz Hair — her styling fingerprints decorate awards show red carpets and Instagram feeds alike. — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Police caught Mills at The Briar and used surveillance footage and fingerprints to tie him to the other crimes. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 The board sees marketing's fingerprints on every real gain in pipeline velocity, and the CEO starts treating marketing as a lever for business transformation rather than a support function. — Vlada Grebenykova, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Those bright kitchen cabinets will show fingerprints, spills, and grease like nobody’s business. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The researchers demonstrated the concept using signals whose characteristics changed over time, including handwriting and object movement at different speeds.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
These characteristics reduce risk and increase confidence that the business will continue performing after the ownership changes hands.

— Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of characteristics

Noun

Many of the original features have been preserved, including two magnificent fireplaces with bread ovens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Regardless, work will continue on the underground security features of the ballroom project while construction of the main building is battled over in court.

— Nathan Lee, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of features

Noun

But these technical qualities only throw into relief the plastic, uncanny-valley feel of the characters whizzing about this latter-day Skull Island.

— Caspar Salmon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Those qualities don’t usually make it into rom-coms like this one, about the relationship between Monica Barbaro’s commercial-jingle singer Allie and Callum Turner’s pizza-shop owner Owen.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of qualities

Noun

Reese and Styles were this draft’s best athletes, and there were other safeties in this class with better physical attributes, but Downs was the best pure football player in the class.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Anderson said the discussion isn’t an attack on e-bikes, which have positive attributes.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of attributes

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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