IDENTIFICATION CARDS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

identification cards

noun

plural of identification card

as in witnesses

something presented to show that someone is the person they claim to be We did not realize that identification cards were required to enter the government building.

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Recent Examples of identification cards The money will help Haiti’s government update its voter lists and procure 350,000 blank identification cards, the OAS said in a statement. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 Officers also found numerous identification cards, Social Security cards, and checks that did not belong to Bryant or her passenger, according to police. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 The board also sent out election notification and voter identification cards to voters with outdated information based on the old maps. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026 Despite the addition of digital licenses and identification cards on smartphones, the DMV still requires drivers to carry their physical cards while driving. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 But authorities said two identification cards were also found in Horsch’s vehicle and raised more questions. — Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 1 July 2026 That evidence [passports and identification cards] could send him to federal prison for life. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 June 2026 Within 180 days, Treasury and banking regulators must consider revisions to customer identification requirements, including the risks associated with using foreign consular identification cards. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Money, gold, phones, and identification cards were collected to be handed to military intelligence. — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026

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Noun

Federal agents and prosecutors have had years to review cellphone records, emails and text messages that align with the testimony of cooperating witnesses.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Preliminary information in the investigation shows that the man had chased down the victim and shot her in front of several witnesses, Gandhi said.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of witnesses

Noun

Annotated divorce papers blown up and mounted, interactive exhibits detailing how your mom’s last round of chemo didn’t take, souvenir T-shirts emblazoned with your best friend’s last words before the car crash.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
The open-plan, curvilinear design means the galleries are not fully divided, reinforcing the all-encompassing nature of the collection, though altogether the vast array of exhibits sometimes struggle for cohesiveness.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of exhibits

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By document type, national identity cards are number one, followed by a driver’s license and then a passport in third.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
At one six-story abandoned scam center in the Cambodian border town of O’Smach, investigators found rooms kitted out to resemble the offices of police forces from Australia, Brazil, Singapore, and China, complete with fake uniforms, insignia, and identity cards.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of identity cards

Noun

Native peoples in New England and Bermuda kept alive their family histories and stories throughout the centuries, even when colonial documents suppressed or omitted these connections.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Mendonca recently unsealed federal police documents that showed that Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro frequently sought de Moraes' legal advice before his arrest.

— MAURICIO SAVARESE, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of documents

Noun

Nonetheless, the scale of the leak is staggering, and includes not just drivers licenses, but 10 million ID cards, over three million travel documents, and over half a million medical cards as well, representing over 170 million individuals total.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026
Photocopies are acceptable for any of the documents except driver’s licenses or state or tribal ID cards.

— John Hult, States Newsroom, 28 Aug. 2026

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