thumbprint
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of thumbprint
Example Sentences
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The system's biometric fingerprint process could not accommodate someone like him, as it could not capture his scarred thumbprint or the prints of the other two scarred fingers.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
These versions are also much larger: while an O’Ryan’s potato is about the size of a thumbprint, See’s can stretch up to three inches long.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
In Hammani’s retelling, he relented after four days, applying his thumbprint to a written confession, which he wasn’t allowed to read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
Kid Soul: Put a thumbprint on your time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Up close it was a strange, crude-looking thing, its head a stump of rounded clay, its face a smeared thumbprint.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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