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 With spectroscopy, astronomers can look at a celestial object's light, pick out the fingerprints, and reconstruct the stuff inside. — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026 The gun recovered didn’t have any fingerprints on it, The Times’ Jerry Cohen reported in 1969. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 According to the lab report, four fingerprints linked to the crime scene and the van were identified as belonging to Phifer, the affidavit alleges. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026 By the time the final whistle blew on Sunday night, Week 1 had left fingerprints across the HBCU football landscape. — Wilton Jackson, AJC.com, 10 Sep. 2026 As potentially historic El Nino conditions continue to unfold across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, its fingerprints are evident in the lack of tropical activity in the Atlantic and the nonstop storms in the eastern Pacific. — Dan Peck, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 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 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

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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

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

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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

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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

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