identity card

noun

Synonyms of identity cardnext
: id

Examples of identity card in a Sentence

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At one six-story abandoned scam center in the Cambodian border town of O’Smach, investigators found rooms kitted out to resemble the offices of police forces from Australia, Brazil, Singapore, and China, complete with fake uniforms, insignia, and identity cards. Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 Apr. 2026 Due to widespread noncompliance, lack of funding and pressure from the CCBA, the federal government stopped enforcing the identity card requirement, a 1995 paper by now-University of Michigan law professor Ellen Katz stated. Ko Lyn Cheang, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2026 Thales’s Singapore facility now produces more than 200 million banking cards, 12 million identity cards, and nearly 10 million passport data pages annually for customers worldwide. Angelica Ang, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026 The program was created in 2005 to increase security and authentication procedures for driver's licenses and identity cards. Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for identity card

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of identity card was in 1900

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“Identity card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identity%20card. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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