Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A print made by the thumb, especially by the pad of the thumb.
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- noun A print, mark or impression made by a
thumb .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
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Examples
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A spokesman for Bank of America says while the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations.
unknown title 2009
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A spokesman for Bank of America says while the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations.
unknown title 2009
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Bank of America said in a statement cited by CNN: "While the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations."
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Bank of America says while the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations.
unknown title 2009
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Bank of America says while the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations.
unknown title 2009
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In that "thumbprint" example, the vote-buying argument is laughably weak.
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The name 'thumbprint' comes from the fact that you use your "thumb" to make an indentation into each ball of dough which is then filled with some jam.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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The name 'thumbprint' comes from the fact that you use your "thumb" to make an indentation into each ball of dough which is then filled with some jam.
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The system encodes data, in the form of a unique "thumbprint", for each crime and matches and links crimes without an operator asking it to do so.
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April's past articles have revealed how if Monsanto seeds blow onto an organic farmer's field, and they are found to contain the Monsanto 'thumbprint', the farmer is liable for a patent violation.
Salem-News.com 2010
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