biometric
adjective
bio·met·ric
ˌbī-ō-ˈme-trik 
variants
or less commonly biometrical
: of, relating to, or utilizing biometrics or biometry
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In India, a misconfigured S3 bucket exposed over 500GB of sensitive personal and biometric data, including information from military personnel, while other major corporations also experienced breaches due to misconfigured cloud storage containers.
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Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Because of privacy risks ranging from identity theft to government surveillance, several states have passed strict biometric privacy laws to prevent companies from collecting such data without explicit consent.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
Researchers used a mix of behavioral and biometric data to train an artificial intelligence model.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
And in Sweden, airports are adopting biometric gates and remote baggage screening.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
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Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Because of privacy risks ranging from identity theft to government surveillance, several states have passed strict biometric privacy laws to prevent companies from collecting such data without explicit consent.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
Researchers used a mix of behavioral and biometric data to train an artificial intelligence model.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
And in Sweden, airports are adopting biometric gates and remote baggage screening.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for biometric
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“Biometric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biometric. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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biometric
adjective
bio·met·ric
-ˈme-trik
variants
also biometrical
1
: of or relating to biometry
the biometric analysis of infant mortality
2
: utilizing biometrics
biometric identification
: identifying individuals based on the analysis or measurement of unique physical or behavioral characteristics
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