identification

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Recent Examples of identification For industry, the task entails the identification of quantum-relevant applications prior to the technology’s maturation, rather than waiting until a mature quantum computer is developed. Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The development follows an extensive investigation by the sheriff’s office, which teamed up with the Federal Bureau of Investigation earlier this month to offer a $20,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of a suspect. Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026 This bill, which would take effect in 2030, would ban the disclosure of personal information and require the use of de-identification methods to maintain privacy. Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 The company says its cameras are intended for mapping, safety and improving the technology rather than facial recognition or biometric identification. Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for identification
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identification
Noun
  • That measure would essentially codify existing voter ID policy in its state constitution.
    Benjamin Swasey, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The president has also attempted to add new voter-ID requirements to vote this year, moves his opponents say are a pretext to undermine election results and restrict voter access.
    Garrett Downs, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Instead, detectives say the group used falsified invoices and documents and transferred cash into personal bank accounts.
    Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Court documents have previously suggested the Tates’ online empire brought in millions.
    Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The vulnerability occurs when a coding agent with permission to run shell commands treats the file as authoritative setup documentation.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, medical action starts the documentation process.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • This standard was designed to provide an additional layer of independent third-party verification and supply chain assurance.
    Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Allowing subjective confidence to silently acquire the epistemological status of empirical verification is neither verification nor evidence.
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • NuCube says the resulting data will expand the validation database for its models and could support the future licensing pathway for its reactor technology.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Prompts, task decomposition and validation thresholds are calibrated against its behavior, so when the model changes, the tuning has to be redone.
    Marcin Nowak, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Facebook is used as an authentication method for the free daily vote.
    Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Proton supports authentication using a hardware security key.
    Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Dillman and his coconspirator used the funds to pay themselves and to make risky and speculative investments in other cryptocurrency ventures, authorities said, citing other evidence presented at the trial.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The petition for a new trial argues the original accounts were more consistent with the evidence.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • There are a number of other businesses that may be AI-proof or even benefit from its growth, such as electric utilities, said Victor Matheson, an economics professor at the College of the Holy Cross and an expert in sports business.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The first term may make the second plausible, compatible or even probable, but plausibility is not identity, compatibility is not implication, probability is not necessity, and similarity of appearance is not proof of sameness of nature.
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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“Identification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identification. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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