ID'ING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

ID'ing

verb

variants or IDing

present participle of ID

as in identifying

to find out or establish the identity of studies that show that eyewitnesses are surprisingly unreliable when called upon to ID the perpetrators of crimes

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Acoustic monitoring could therefore provide an additional layer of protection by identifying unusual mechanical behaviour that might otherwise go unnoticed during routine inspections.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
But Rodrigues believes technology can augment traditional teaching methods by examining how a student solves an algebra problem or structures a piece of writing and identifying learning gaps.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

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The center back would immediately shoot the ball, which took a fortunate bounce immediately outside the goal area before finding the bottom-left corner of the net.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
When a server migration wipes out Sally’s treasured videos of him — and her phone containing backup copies accidentally shatters — the only hope is finding the original tapes.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026

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Defense challenges claims of disruption Sabatini sought to undermine the university’s account by distinguishing between students feeling frightened and actual interruptions to academic activities.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
The directory identifies each group's mission, ideology, organizational role and documented protest activity, distinguishing direct organizers and participants from supporters and amplifiers.

— Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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