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something presented to show that someone is the person they claim to be
You'll need two forms of identification to register to vote.
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Recent Examples of identification
Using hardware mounted to the ceilings of brick-and-mortar stores, Radar’s technology can read any radio-frequency identification, or RFID, tag with 99% accuracy, the company said.
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Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 19 May 2026
The whopping number of discoveries marks a 54% jump in identifications in a single year, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 May 2026
What complicates this form of identification is what happened the following year.
—Michael Van Sickler, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Radar, the tech firm using radio frequency identification and artificial intelligence to track and locate store inventory, has raised $170 million in series B funding, led by Gideon Strategic Partners and Nimble Partners with participation from Align Ventures.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
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Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 19 May 2026
The whopping number of discoveries marks a 54% jump in identifications in a single year, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 May 2026
What complicates this form of identification is what happened the following year.
—Michael Van Sickler, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Radar, the tech firm using radio frequency identification and artificial intelligence to track and locate store inventory, has raised $170 million in series B funding, led by Gideon Strategic Partners and Nimble Partners with participation from Align Ventures.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identification
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Stiller is repped by WME, ID and Sloane Offer.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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From there, consolidate all active and historical creators into a single structured database, ensuring each is assigned a unique creator ID so performance and history can be tracked consistently.—
Agung Dwi Sandi,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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But according to a document sent to players by the PWHL Players Association last month, which was reviewed by The Athletic, there will be a series of signing windows and no traditional expansion draft, a departure from last year’s process.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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An independent review of over 30,000 documents concluded the breakdown arose not from safety or financial concerns, but from a collapse of trust.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Although Alexis’ remains have not been recovered, the Dodge County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed there has been no official documentation of her death within the state, according to the outlet.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
20 May 2026
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Healthcare documentation is notoriously burdensome, adding as much as 30% to total health spending in the United States and costing clinicians as much as a third of their time.—
Elizabeth MacBride,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Medical Record Verification And Early Validation Medical verification is another area where technology is transforming the process.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Meta has also paid college athletes to post about app store age verification legislation.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
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The model is one layer in a stack that includes validation, business rules, exception handling and continuous learning.—
Alberto Gimeno,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The objectives of the Vortex-D will be aerodynamic design validation, hypersonic technologies validation (including flight controls), flight control laws validation and key systems qualifications.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
18 May 2026
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Yarbo said some authentication and credential systems did not meet its current security expectations.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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These include encryption software and various forms of authentication or enforcement software that limit which types of digital activities users can perform.—
Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy,
The Conversation,
22 May 2026
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In a rare move, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond concluded that trial attorneys hid evidence that might have led to an acquittal.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Do not treat fear like evidence.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Yet his account is dead-on accurate, and for proof one need only look to the original Progressives, who were open in their disdain of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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The proof-of-concept code exploits the Browser Fetch programming interface, a standard that allows long videos and other large files to be downloaded in the background.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2026
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“Identification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identification. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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