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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 identifications
As standard practice, the military makes public identifications 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 17 June 2026
The terms could be pictures of plants, and the definitions would be their identifications.
—Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
In January, a DHS official sent a memo to some federal immigration agents temporarily assigned to Minneapolis instructing them to collect personal information about protesters and agitators, including license plates, identifications and images, according to CNN reporting.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 June 2026
The 1,121 new species found between mid-2025 and mid-2026 marks a 54 percent increase in annual identifications.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 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
Staff are able to give guests complimentary rock identifications, per the park’s website.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
The researchers reviewed photographs of many of the bodies and interviewed forensic experts as well as people who worked on identifications at the IDF Shura base where most of the bodies were brought.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Passengers don't need to worry about updating boarding passes or flight information because airline carriers are working with the airport to ensure that the new gate identifications are reflected on upcoming flights.
—Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 12 May 2026
Kerry Breen, CBS News, 17 June 2026
The terms could be pictures of plants, and the definitions would be their identifications.
—Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
In January, a DHS official sent a memo to some federal immigration agents temporarily assigned to Minneapolis instructing them to collect personal information about protesters and agitators, including license plates, identifications and images, according to CNN reporting.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 June 2026
The 1,121 new species found between mid-2025 and mid-2026 marks a 54 percent increase in annual identifications.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 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
Staff are able to give guests complimentary rock identifications, per the park’s website.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
The researchers reviewed photographs of many of the bodies and interviewed forensic experts as well as people who worked on identifications at the IDF Shura base where most of the bodies were brought.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Passengers don't need to worry about updating boarding passes or flight information because airline carriers are working with the airport to ensure that the new gate identifications are reflected on upcoming flights.
—Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identifications
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According to court documents reviewed by TMZ, Jean filed for divorce on June 3 in Nashville, and cited the same date as their date of separation.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
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Court documents say Blakemore was a prolific drug trafficker for the Highs street gang, selling fentanyl at the intersection of Broadway and Lyndale in north Minneapolis.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
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An avid field recordist, Kamaru has spoken of running his documentations of his surroundings—buses and bustling markets in Nairobi, sirens and birdsong in Berlin—through various types of digital processing, stretching and mulching and interweaving them with synths until the humdrum becomes musical.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
21 Feb. 2026
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Last October, the cemetery was vandalized with historical documentations and markers as well as plaques with poems being removed and torn down.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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For example, automatic checks and verifications with tools like ZeroBounce can ensure your bulk emails reach their recipients and also improve email open rates, click rates, and sales conversions.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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This is all about verifications and no one on this team is just going to take the Iranians at their word.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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Services will range from individual wellness and sick-patient examinations to routine herd healthcare, breeding soundness exams, pregnancy examinations, on-farm consultations, lameness evaluations and certificates of veterinary inspection, A-State said.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 June 2026
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The city of Arlington also provides establishments with inspection score certificates, which assign a letter grade — A, B, C or F — to help customers see the results of the latest health inspection.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 June 2026
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It must be operationally governed using AgentOps disciplines that treat trust, evaluation and drift as continuous concerns rather than one-time validations.—
Shailesh Manjrekar,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Meanwhile, 1,740,000 of those entries that passed the file validations stage (about 15 percent) have been liquidated and are in the process of being refunded.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
29 Apr. 2026
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This four-year-old structural vulnerability in the network’s zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) allowed for the undetectable counterfeiting of unlimited tokens.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The new bourbon, which comes out this weekend, is called Green River Distillery Select Toasted Double Oak, part of a new series that will highlight various proofs, finishes, and warehouse maturation sites.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
15 June 2026
Noun
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The company also suggests saving screenshots of messages, payment confirmations and other records in case the seller disappears.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2026
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Travelers forward their confirmations, and the software assembles an organized trip timeline in one clear view, without the usual manual entry.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2026
Noun
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This evidences deliberate indifference to foreseeable violence.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Identifications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identifications. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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