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as in found
to find out or establish the identity of
sufficient forensic evidence to allow investigators to identify the perpetrator
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as in associated
to think of (something) in combination
for some reason, he always identified the color red with flowers
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Recent Examples of identified
Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 June 2026
The Louisa County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the victim was found dead at the business and identified the victim as a resident of rural Wapello, a small city about 24 miles south of Muscatine.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 June 2026
The flight also took place in an area identified on FAA charts for concentrated flight training activity, where student pilots and training aircraft are common.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
The king was identified in court documents as Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
The Romans identified Sulis with Minerva, easing the cultural transition for the Celts.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
The Fresno County coroner’s office identified the pair as Parth Patel, 30, and Dharti Patel, 29, of San Mateo.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Authorities identified a woman killed in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday in Deerfield Beach, citing excessive speed as a possible contributing factor in the collision, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
—Sofia Saric
may 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
The Government Accountability Office last year also identified technical problems that slowed the program’s development and adoption.
—ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Adjective
While Kirk may have received hostile or threatening messages, including on social media, those were not part of any identified or actionable threat stream monitored by federal authorities, the person told Sganga.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
The California Highway Patrol said investigators have identified the suspect as 60-year-old Robert Bell of Stockton.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 June 2026
The Louisa County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the victim was found dead at the business and identified the victim as a resident of rural Wapello, a small city about 24 miles south of Muscatine.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 June 2026
The flight also took place in an area identified on FAA charts for concentrated flight training activity, where student pilots and training aircraft are common.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
The king was identified in court documents as Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
The Romans identified Sulis with Minerva, easing the cultural transition for the Celts.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
The Fresno County coroner’s office identified the pair as Parth Patel, 30, and Dharti Patel, 29, of San Mateo.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Authorities identified a woman killed in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday in Deerfield Beach, citing excessive speed as a possible contributing factor in the collision, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
—Sofia Saric
may 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
The Government Accountability Office last year also identified technical problems that slowed the program’s development and adoption.
—ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identified
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The backstory The property opened in March 2015 as the first hotel of the 1 Hotels brand founded by Barry Sternlight, and resides in the former Gansevoort Hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The Tea Party, that movement of grass-roots right-wing anger that evolved into MAGA, was founded the same year.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Clark looked up the men Jones had been associated with and, one by one, ruled them out.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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Lola 41 is already associated with White Elephant’s Nantucket and Palm Beach properties, and has satellites in Boston and Naples.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 June 2026
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Such plants are predominantly located in communities of color, with an average of 77% of the residents within a mile identifying as such, according to census data.—
Jason Henry,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Since then, five of the remaining seven have been located, with one rescued from the chamber Friday night.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Patients on kidney dialysis need a durable connection between an artery and a vein, called a fistula, so they can be linked to a dialysis machine for treatment.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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As of Monday, 13 hantavirus cases linked to the ship have been reported worldwide, with 11 cases confirmed.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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Now, after years of experimenting with common bean plants in the lab and in the agricultural fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, Steinbrenner’s team pinpointed a single immune receptor that orchestrates its anti-caterpillar defense system.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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In February 2026, scientists pinpointed a possible candidate in the Andromeda galaxy.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Mendelian randomization analyses from the same study found evidence for a causal, not merely correlated, relationship between higher BMI and snoring, which implies that weight loss is a mechanistically sound intervention.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Franchise prices are also not correlated to the stock market.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Sometimes distinguished by their spots, male channel cats can be mostly black or dark blue on their upper body during spawning season.—
Ken Perrotte,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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Implicit in Schulze’s remark is what distinguished the Hairy Who from their Pop counterparts on the East Coast.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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They’re connected by a free three-and-a-half-mile coastal trail known as the Cliff Walk—one of the biggest tourist draws to America’s smallest state.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Marsh connected in the third inning off David Sandlin, his eighth of the year, and hit an RBI single in the sixth.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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“Identified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identified. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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