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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
  • Milwaukee police officers obtained video footage from local businesses, enabling them to identify the vehicle as a 2025 Ford Explorer.
    Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
  • Numerous publications including The Independent identified the pilot as a woman from the U.S.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Currently, 36 other states require voter identification at the polls.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2025
  • What To Know At the federal level, House Democrats have introduced the No Anonymity in Immigration Enforcement Act, which would require ICE agents conducting enforcement operations within the United States to display clear identification—with limited exceptions for public safety threats.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • The fences will be used on East Sixth Street Corridor as well as for Austin Water and Austin Energy emergencies and some other city public events, according to city documents.
    Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • The center, which will be able to serve as an emergency shelter for up to 32 individuals, will be equipped with bathrooms, showers, a laundry facility, a commercial kitchen and dining space, staff and medical offices and training space, according to board documents.
    Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2025

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