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Recent Examples of authentication
The authentication and sealing practices that commoditized the sports card marketplace are a natural fit to enable the business card marketplace to flourish.
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New Atlas, 30 May 2025
Most platforms adopt a consumer-to-consumer model, with authentication happening digitally.
—Benjamin Voyer, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Baseball’s authentication program started in 2001, with the aim of guaranteeing the authenticity of MLB memorabilia and merchandise.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
Security and compatibility This upgrade includes serious protection: biometric login, Smart App Control, encrypted authentication, and enhanced antivirus features.
—New Atlas, 12 May 2025
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New Atlas, 30 May 2025
Most platforms adopt a consumer-to-consumer model, with authentication happening digitally.
—Benjamin Voyer, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Baseball’s authentication program started in 2001, with the aim of guaranteeing the authenticity of MLB memorabilia and merchandise.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
Security and compatibility This upgrade includes serious protection: biometric login, Smart App Control, encrypted authentication, and enhanced antivirus features.
—New Atlas, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for authentication
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Enhance access controls by imposing multiple verification factors for accessing data.—
Steve Durbin,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Meta is also part of a new lobbying group in Washington, the Coalition for Competitive Mobile Experience, pushing for app store age verification and raising concerns about Apple’s app store practices.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
28 May 2025
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Shares of stablecoin issuer Circle soared in its NYSE debut today, a validation of crypto’s newfound importance to the American financial system and a symptom of investors starved for new issuances during a long IPO drought.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
5 June 2025
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While more validation and testing is needed, the team believes Enoch may offer experts a new tool to help investigate, correlate, and date ancient texts.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 June 2025
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Russia’s Baza Telegram channel, which often publishes information from sources in the security services and law enforcement, reported, without providing evidence, that according to preliminary information, the bridge was blown up.—
Lidia Kelly,
USA Today,
2 June 2025
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Here’s why fraud affecting the credit reporting system is so pervasive, including some of the evidence suggesting fraudsters’ are having success in manipulating the credit reporting industry.—
Dr. David Maimon,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final is proof that’s not the case.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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The foundations of human persuasion are well-documented, perhaps most famously by Dr. Robert Cialdini, who outlined principles like reciprocity, scarcity, authority, commitment and consistency, liking, and social proof.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The identification came over two weeks after a panga boat carrying Mahi and her family overturned on May 5 — just two days after the preteen's birthday.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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For years, a mysterious figure who goes by the handle Stern led the Trickbot ransomware gang and evaded identification—even as other members of the group were outed in leaks and unmasked.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
30 May 2025
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By enhancing the precision and completeness of documentation, AI can streamline processes and bolster financial stability.—
London Business School,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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This lack of documentation exposes these communities to disaster capitalism.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
5 June 2025
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Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, arrives for a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 June 2025
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When The Athletic asked for confirmation, the customer service representative stated that this was an original without any restorations.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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“Authentication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authentication. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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