DNA test
noun
: a test that examines DNA and that is used to identify someone or to show that people are relatives
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Clark-Flory’s was a memoir, My Mother’s Daughter, about a DNA test connecting her with her sister, who her mom placed for adoption as a teenager at a home for unwed mothers in the 1960s.
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Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
DNA test results and information from his Uber profile led investigators to Delgado-Cordoba.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
In other words, these programs offer actresses real opportunities as well as scenes in which they’re seated at their dressing tables putting on diamond earrings while coping with a situation involving a DNA test.
—Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
Within five days, officials received a lead and were able to confirm Kevin’s identity through a DNA test of a close relative living in Western Canada, police said.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
DNA test results and information from his Uber profile led investigators to Delgado-Cordoba.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
In other words, these programs offer actresses real opportunities as well as scenes in which they’re seated at their dressing tables putting on diamond earrings while coping with a situation involving a DNA test.
—Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
Within five days, officials received a lead and were able to confirm Kevin’s identity through a DNA test of a close relative living in Western Canada, police said.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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“DNA test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DNA%20test. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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