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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
Most drones in the US are required by the Federal Aviation Administration to have remote identifications, which provide tracking information receivable by outside parties.
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Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
The ruling also noted issues that can impact accuracy of eyewitness identifications.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
Valid forms of identifications would include a driver's license, a passport, birth certificate, or social security card.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Further, in 36 percent of those early identifications, the reporter conducted original financial analysis to support the story.
—Chris Roush, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
Court documents say detectives matched surveillance images with police records and witness identifications.
—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
Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
The ruling also noted issues that can impact accuracy of eyewitness identifications.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
Valid forms of identifications would include a driver's license, a passport, birth certificate, or social security card.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Further, in 36 percent of those early identifications, the reporter conducted original financial analysis to support the story.
—Chris Roush, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
Court documents say detectives matched surveillance images with police records and witness identifications.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identifications
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The documents go on to say that after Dukes was arrested and placed into a Chicago youth facility at 15 years old, he was signed to Warner Records.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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And with the expansion, Our Lady wants to increase capacity from 262 people to 450, according to the church’s town hall documents from February.—
Desiree Mathurin
April 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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There is also a limit of five personal pan pizza certificates per family, per month.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Eldan said his group is working with several other states, including California and New Mexico, to get laws passed to provide similar innocence certificates and update exonerees' criminal records.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Refund claims have to undergo multiple validations, program documents show.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
20 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
Noun
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Which helps engineers write specifications, generate proofs, and keep those proofs current as code evolves.—
Evan Johnson,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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Each of these proofs, in turn, has relied on other proofs to make its point, and so on.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Met Gala is famous for day-of surprises, and confirmations typically don’t drop until stars are already on the steps.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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Three Smokey Bones locations closed in Pennsylvania, per confirmations from employees at the stores, the Trib Live reported.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 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 10 May. 2026.
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