thumbprint
a mark or impression of the ventral surface of the last joint of the thumb.
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How to use thumbprint in a sentence
The picture, which looks like a kind of “cosmic thumbprint,” came from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s newest flagship observatory.
Alien Megastructures? Cosmic Thumbprint? Here’s What’s Behind This Spectacular James Webb Image | Peter Tuthill | October 16, 2022 | Singularity HubNeither of them, not even everyone’s favorite almost-star Greer, makes the barest bloody thumbprint of an impression.
Halloween Kills Sags Under the Weight of Its Own Mythology | Stephanie Zacharek | October 14, 2021 | TimeThey made us sign and place our right thumbprint on that document.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part IV | Yariel Valdés González | July 28, 2021 | Washington BladeWhen I left the Postal Service, I came to Congress and have had responsibility for eight years of the operations of the Postal Service and had my thumbprint on what’s going on.
DeJoy asks House panel for more USPS money to support plan that includes slower mail delivery | Jacob Bogage | March 11, 2021 | Washington PostBake for 5 minutes, then remove from the oven and create a thumbprint in each cookie.
These Chinese walnut cookies are buttery and crumbly, with a five-spice streusel filling | Hetty McKinnon | December 2, 2020 | Washington Post
For instance, a valid ID and a captured thumbprint are required to carry out a transaction on an ecoATM.
ecoATM offers consumers a new way to sell used cell phones and electronic devices | Sarah Langs | September 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTKindly include your full name, as well as your daughter's, and place your thumbprint on the opposite side of the disk.
Null-ABC | Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuireHe ran a red-tinted, celluloid rectangle through a stamping machine and Hunter pressed his thumbprint upon the signature square.
The Cartels Jungle | Irving E. Cox, Jr.I never could read His handwriting except His criminal thumbprint on the haddock.
Ulysses | James JoyceThe thumbprint which we puzzled our heads over was a toe-print!
Whispering Wires | Henry LeverageLet her have it; be sure to get her thumbprint, though, and send it up here for comparison.
Null-ABC | Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
British Dictionary definitions for thumbprint
/ (ˈθʌmˌprɪnt) /
an impression of the upper part of the thumb, used esp for identification purposes: See fingerprint
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