as in documents
something presented to show that someone is the person they claim to be
As we waited in the security line, the officer told us to have our ID cards ready.
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Recent Examples of ID cards
The bill would also explicitly prohibit the Kansas Department of Revenue from accommodating gender marker change requests on driver’s licenses, state ID cards and birth certificates.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
Despite a huge parliamentary majority that should allow the government easily to implement its plans, Starmer has been forced to make multiple U-turns on contentious policies including welfare cuts and mandatory digital ID cards.
—Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Despite a huge parliamentary majority that should allow the government to implement its plans with ease, Starmer has been forced to make multiple U-turns on contentious policies including welfare cuts and mandatory digital ID cards.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
In-person registration is available at supervisor of elections offices, government offices such as tax collectors that issue driver’s licenses or state ID cards, and government offices such as libraries or driver’s license offices.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
The Transportation Security Administration began requiring Real ID cards to fly in the United States in May.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 1 Feb. 2026
The six pockets are great for holding essentials like phones, headphones, wallet, passports, ID cards, and more.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026
There are several images of passports and ID cards for women from Ukraine, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Italy, the Czech Republic and Lithuania.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025
Usually, people have to scan their ID cards to get into the building, but on Saturday, the door had been propped open.
—Marquise Francis, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
Despite a huge parliamentary majority that should allow the government easily to implement its plans, Starmer has been forced to make multiple U-turns on contentious policies including welfare cuts and mandatory digital ID cards.
—Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Despite a huge parliamentary majority that should allow the government to implement its plans with ease, Starmer has been forced to make multiple U-turns on contentious policies including welfare cuts and mandatory digital ID cards.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
In-person registration is available at supervisor of elections offices, government offices such as tax collectors that issue driver’s licenses or state ID cards, and government offices such as libraries or driver’s license offices.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
The Transportation Security Administration began requiring Real ID cards to fly in the United States in May.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 1 Feb. 2026
The six pockets are great for holding essentials like phones, headphones, wallet, passports, ID cards, and more.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026
There are several images of passports and ID cards for women from Ukraine, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Italy, the Czech Republic and Lithuania.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025
Usually, people have to scan their ID cards to get into the building, but on Saturday, the door had been propped open.
—Marquise Francis, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ID cards
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Corporate America initially saw limited ramifications after the US Justice Department was forced to release some of the Epstein documents in late December.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Kyle McNabb, however, contended in police documents that the internal temperature of such a vehicle could have climbed above 140 degrees.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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During the last fall semester, Theo Nash, an instructor for the class Great Books 191, accused the student three different times of using AI to write course papers, according to the court document.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Public school teacher Jeromie Whalen will soon pull papers to begin his campaign to unseat the longtime Democratic incumbent.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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The agency argued in court filings that the expert’s report about the photographs was not definitive, that Turner’s conviction was not based solely on the tip, and that the eyewitness identifications remain intact.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
26 Jan. 2026
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The zoo team plans to teach volunteers how to use the app and make basic tree identifications and tree assessments.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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Last October, the cemetery was vandalized with historical documentations and markers as well as plaques with poems being removed and torn down.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The vehicles were vandalized and broken into, and several things were stolen including guns, FBI identification cards and documents that included addresses, phone numbers and other personal information of some FBI employees.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
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The source arranged to meet Zumba, Chen and others in Florida to pick up a shipment of the military identification cards.—
Cara Tabachnick,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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“ID cards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ID%20cards. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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