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Recent Examples of authentication
Biometrics are methods of authentication that rely on unique physical characteristics to identify you—think your hair, face, fingerprint, and even your DNA.
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Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Stronger identity verification, layered authentication and systems that can detect impersonation or deepfakes are becoming essential.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
So authentication is an outgrowth of that original interest.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
For similar reasons, many of the foundations and artists’ estates once considered the ultimate authorities (like the Keith Haring Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts) have ceased offering authentication services.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
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Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Stronger identity verification, layered authentication and systems that can detect impersonation or deepfakes are becoming essential.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
So authentication is an outgrowth of that original interest.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
For similar reasons, many of the foundations and artists’ estates once considered the ultimate authorities (like the Keith Haring Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts) have ceased offering authentication services.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for authentication
Noun
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Second is to determine age verification.—
Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Australia became the first country to enforce a sweeping social media ban for under-16s in December, requiring platforms like Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube, Elon Musk's X, and Reddit to implement age verification measures or face penalties.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
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The measure was tied up in court for many years but got final validation last year.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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This phase represents a structured transition between delivery and sustained operations, during which early technical adjustments and system validations are completed after initial sea trials.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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In recent days, another leak—of a call between Orbán and Vladimir Putin—has been held up as evidence of the former’s subservience.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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At the time, investigators collected DNA evidence in both cases, but no match was identified.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Some fans see the early results from ABS as proof umpires are incompetent.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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In Toronto, the raccoons are in a race to outwit humans as urban wildlife managers try to design animal-proof trash bins.—
Daniel T. Blumstein,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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Clements said the mistaken identification may have happened because the creature decomposed and lost its telltale shell before it was fossilized, complicating identification.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Bardisa was originally charged with seven counts of unlicensed practice of health care and seven counts of fraudulent use of personal identification information following a seven-month investigation.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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The only exception under the law is for a service primate for a permanently disabled person with a a severe mobility impairment, if the person submits written documentation or certification to the DEEP commissioner.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2026
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Stricter rules were imposed on documentation required for sponsors, border agents started pressuring unaccompanied children to self-deport before transferring them to shelters and Immigration and Customs Enforcement started arresting some sponsors in the middle of the release process.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Many of the governor’s appointees are subject to state Senate confirmation.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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This confirmation came a couple months after Millar was spotted with what appeared to be a baby bump in March 2023.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Authentication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authentication. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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