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  • noun Plural form of thumbprint.

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Examples

  • Biometrics such as thumbprints show some promise here, but bring with them their own set of exploitable failure modes.

    B2fxxx 2005

  • My religion requires a Spiderman outfit be worn in public ... arachnid "thumbprints" included.

    unknown title 2009

  • My religion requires a Spiderman outfit be worn in public ... arachnid "thumbprints" included.

    unknown title 2009

  • To delight a dear friend, package some elegant but irresistible handmade chocolate peanut butter cups, peanut butter cookies with jam heart thumbprints or your very own cocoa mix to warm their hearts for many days to come.

    Martha Stewart Living: Valentine's Day Dessert Ideas & Recipes Martha Stewart Living 2011

  • FRESNO, Calif. — A trial court judge in central California has thrown out key sections of a state law restricting handgun ammunition sales, barring authorities from registering bullet buyers' thumbprints on the grounds that it would be unconstitutional.

    California Ammunition Rules Thrown Out The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Anyway, the security at the border was pretty tight after he fleed (I believe he also threw spare rolls of toilet paper out the window before he jumped, to help cushion his fall), and everyone had to submit thumbprints via an electronic reader, ostensibly to check against the thumbprints of Mas Selamat that Singapore had on record.

    2009 December — Fusion Despatches 2009

  • Anyway, the security at the border was pretty tight after he fleed (I believe he also threw spare rolls of toilet paper out the window before he jumped, to help cushion his fall), and everyone had to submit thumbprints via an electronic reader, ostensibly to check against the thumbprints of Mas Selamat that Singapore had on record.

    Border crossings: Peter Watts and Singapore — Fusion Despatches 2009

  • Mr. Sharifi spoke during a drive that his committee organized in the central Green Square to collect thumbprints on forms affirming Col.

    In Tripoli, Growing Murmurs Of Dissent Sam Dagher 2011

  • Here is the evidence, my small thumbprints still sitting ghostly across the grooves, of the films a young me had tried to re-imagine as I went to sleep and the needle came to a stop with a click.

    Tales from an Indiscriminate Record Collection Cynthia Hawkins 2011

  • FRESNO, Calif. — A trial court judge in central California has thrown out key sections of a state law restricting handgun ammunition sales, barring authorities from registering bullet buyers' thumbprints on the grounds that it would be unconstitutional.

    California Court Throws Out Ammunition Rules AP 2011

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