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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
Court documents say detectives matched surveillance images with police records and witness identifications.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
The military will now use 31 religious affiliations, down from more than 200, which included many small Protestant denominations as well as identifications for Wiccans, atheists and agnostics.
—Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Recently built, the mausoleum at the Tafi Viejo cemetery in Tucuman has most of its niches still empty, awaiting new identifications.
—Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Recently built, the mausoleum at the Tafi Viejo cemetery in Tucuman has most of its niches still empty, awaiting new identifications.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
The agency argued in court filings that the expert’s report about the photographs was not definitive, that Turner’s conviction was not based solely on the tip, and that the eyewitness identifications remain intact.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
The zoo team plans to teach volunteers how to use the app and make basic tree identifications and tree assessments.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
However, the technology has been misused, even generating false identifications and wrongful arrests.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
The low-income identifications qualified the employees’ children for student fee waivers and entitled their schools to extra funding.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2026
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
The military will now use 31 religious affiliations, down from more than 200, which included many small Protestant denominations as well as identifications for Wiccans, atheists and agnostics.
—Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Recently built, the mausoleum at the Tafi Viejo cemetery in Tucuman has most of its niches still empty, awaiting new identifications.
—Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Recently built, the mausoleum at the Tafi Viejo cemetery in Tucuman has most of its niches still empty, awaiting new identifications.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
The agency argued in court filings that the expert’s report about the photographs was not definitive, that Turner’s conviction was not based solely on the tip, and that the eyewitness identifications remain intact.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
The zoo team plans to teach volunteers how to use the app and make basic tree identifications and tree assessments.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
However, the technology has been misused, even generating false identifications and wrongful arrests.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
The low-income identifications qualified the employees’ children for student fee waivers and entitled their schools to extra funding.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identifications
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Some early testers have used Skills to quickly enter prompts to calculate protein macros in a recipe, generate side-by-side comparisons across multiple tabs while shopping, and summarize lengthy documents, Google adds.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2026
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Court documents reveal chilling details of a years-long investigation.—
Juli McDonald,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 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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Taiwan is considering the years-long process of restarting two reactors because of the current crisis, which will require meticulous inspections, safety checks and control system verifications.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The campaign came to that conclusion after obtaining copies of local election officials’ verifications of the more than 300,000 signatures the campaign turned in last December.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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The fashion institute received 200 applications for the inaugural cohort of 15 students, who started in October and received certificates of completion in February, said Jacqueline Jenkins, the executive director of the school’s Center for Continuing and Professional Studies.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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Idaho sold 5,655 lifetime certificates from 2021 through 2025, according to Idaho Fish and Game data provided to the Idaho Statesman, which includes hunting, fishing, and combo lifetime license.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
9 Apr. 2026
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This phase represents a structured transition between delivery and sustained operations, during which early technical adjustments and system validations are completed after initial sea trials.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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The plan to significantly expand on-site validations comes as federal officials threaten to cut off Medicaid funding amid accusations of significant, widespread fraud in programs administered by the agency.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
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Computer programs that check mathematical arguments, such as proofs, have existed for decades.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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The route to durable faith in God often runs not through logical proofs or the sciences, but through awe, wonder, and an attunement to the beauty and poetry of the world, natural and otherwise.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Visma are again one of the teams to watch with the late confirmations of Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Marriane Vos.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The time to judge character and competence is during Senate confirmations, and both Republicans and Democrats need to do their job when a replacement for Bondi is nominated.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Identifications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identifications. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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