identification card

noun

: id

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Now, Oglesby is charged with one count of concealment of a death, two counts of forgery and two counts of possession of a firearm without requisite firearm owner's identification card. Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023 The report recommendation most on point to Highland Park is the requirement that anyone who seeks a gun permit to purchase firearms in Illinois, known as a firearms owner’s identification card, be 21 or older. Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022 Because the license to drive has become this country’s de facto identification card, the system is as unjust as traffic enforcement, says Miriam Pinski, an urban-planning Ph.D. and research analyst at the Shared-Use Mobility Center, who is writing a book on the history of driver licensing. Curbed, 19 Aug. 2022 The Russian Federal Protective Service identification card of Gleb Karakulov. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2023 Some Ohioans can now get a free state identification card as part of a new election law that requires voters to show photo ID at the polls. Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 4 Apr. 2023 Scott Herndon and Tina Lambert, the bill’s sponsors in the Senate and the House, did not respond to requests for comment, but Mr. Herndon said during a Feb. 24 session that student identification cards had lower vetting standards than those issued by the government. Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023 Scott Herndon and Tina Lambert, the bill’s sponsors in the Senate and the House, did not respond to requests for comment, but Herndon said during a Feb. 24 session that student identification cards had lower vetting standards than those issued by the government. Neil Vigdor, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023 The identification card gave Kardashian approval to drive 30-mile-per-hour go-carts. Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of identification card was in 1889

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“Identification card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identification%20card. Accessed 4 Jun. 2023.

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