date of birth
noun phrase
: the month, day, and year a person was born : birth date
Give your full name and date of birth.
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Depending on the data breach, that could include an email address, phone number, date of birth or other identifying details commonly harvested during large-scale hacks.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
As of Wednesday, firearms dealers are required under state law to use scanners that pull the prospective purchaser’s name, date of birth and other details from the card’s magnetic strip, which the new design lacks — except if they are authorized otherwise.
—Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
The form will ask for dates of birth, Social Security numbers and contact information.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Based on the date of birth listed, her remains were found a day after her 15th birthday.
—Alex Stone, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
These bulletins, thousands of which can be found on Russian social-media and messaging platforms, usually include the soldier’s name, date of birth, call sign, battalion, and physical details that could help identify him, such as tattoos and scars.
—Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
The beneficial owner information includes name, date of birth, residential address, citizenship and taxpayer identification number.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
The company wanted her information, including her name, date of birth, gender, email address and phone number.
—Adam Echelman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
That includes aliases, date of birth, race, counties of conviction, charges, case numbers, dispositions, descriptions of any identifying marks and tattoos and a photograph of a person.
—Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
As of Wednesday, firearms dealers are required under state law to use scanners that pull the prospective purchaser’s name, date of birth and other details from the card’s magnetic strip, which the new design lacks — except if they are authorized otherwise.
—Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
The form will ask for dates of birth, Social Security numbers and contact information.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Based on the date of birth listed, her remains were found a day after her 15th birthday.
—Alex Stone, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
These bulletins, thousands of which can be found on Russian social-media and messaging platforms, usually include the soldier’s name, date of birth, call sign, battalion, and physical details that could help identify him, such as tattoos and scars.
—Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
The beneficial owner information includes name, date of birth, residential address, citizenship and taxpayer identification number.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
The company wanted her information, including her name, date of birth, gender, email address and phone number.
—Adam Echelman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
That includes aliases, date of birth, race, counties of conviction, charges, case numbers, dispositions, descriptions of any identifying marks and tattoos and a photograph of a person.
—Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Date of birth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20of%20birth. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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