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Recent Examples of ID
Verb
Keeping your cards, cash, and ID safe and sound while traveling just got way easier. Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025 Between the lines: There are other tools on the market that ID drugs that can be repurposed. Tina Reed, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
Noun
More big stories California DMV opens early for those needing a Real ID before the May 7 deadline. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025 Delays in processing can cost you, so visit your state’s unemployment website with your ID and pay stubs ready. Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 This thereby created the REAL ID-compliant state identification cards. Addy Bink, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025 On mobile devices, Face ID and Fingerprint ID are done not by centralizing all of that data in one spot at Apple or Google, but by storing the data in a secure module on each mobile device. Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025 Frontier Airlines has a gray banner running along its website informing travelers of the Real ID requirements. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025 Meanwhile, many Americans planning to travel domestically are anxious and confused about the REAL ID deadline looming on May 7. Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025 According to federal documents, as of January 2024, only about 56% of driver's licenses and IDs in circulation across the country complied with REAL ID. Clara McMichael, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2025 Boggs was shot in the head twice while checking Mahdi's ID, according to The AP. Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ID
Verb
  • The victim was later identified as Terry Lee Gambrel, a 25-year-old Marine corporal, who had hitched a ride with Kraft to meet friends at a party, the sheriff's department said in a separate release.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • Investigators were then able to identify two other similar cases that occurred overnight May 7 in Sanford, according to the report.
    Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Knowing what kind of habitat certain types of wildlife prefer can help with identification.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 8 May 2025
  • They have been uploaded with minimal redactions for privacy reasons, the ODNI said, including redactions for social security numbers, tax identification numbers and grand jury information.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Reductions had started at Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, AmeriCorps and the Small Business Administration, according to court documents.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • Court documents filed in March 2025 revealed prosecutors intend to include a college assignment written by Kohberger as evidence.
    Corin Cesaric, People.com, 18 May 2025

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“ID.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ID. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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