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Recent Examples of identity The ever-illusive Banksy, whose real identity remains a mystery, was not always so secretive, reveals the BBC. The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 16 Jan. 2025 Details of what's in the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas The identities of all the hostages being released by Hamas and Israel have yet to be made public. Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025 Sitting in-between all these worlds and forging my identity from this unique combination is a big driver personally. Andrew Casillas, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025 Starbucks popularized the third-space concept globally, embedding it into its brand identity. Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for identity 
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Noun
  • In many respects, there are great similarities to the deal which brought Fran García back to the club from Rayo Vallecano two years ago.
    Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • There are some obvious similarities between the two division winners.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Most genes influence many facets of our being—our health, our physical traits, our personality—and only a fraction of those interactions have been investigated.
    Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Part of what was fun about working on this project was really living in her personality for the length of a movie.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Not many non-performing contemporary songwriters are quite interesting enough to sustain a 90-minute documentary, but then, not many are Diane Warren, one of the great characters of modern Hollywood.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
  • There were children’s books filled with illustrations of Black and brown characters and, of course, a science fiction area that sat next to a shelf dedicated strictly to Butler’s works.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Yet his 19th century call for pausing mechanical progress bears a striking resemblance to recent open letters and policy proposals about AI safety.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025
  • But, in the end, Aubrey was perfect for a younger Older Elliott, even if there’s little to no resemblance between the two of you.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But, as a result, it’s made banking impersonal and created a sea of sameness as banks become less differentiated and lose the human connection fostered at the branch level.
    Michael Abbott, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Individual, exemplary persons with their unique locales (whether Paris, France, or Winesburg, Ohio) have melted into a worldwide sameness of preferences, worries, desires, satisfied by the same brands, through the same internet influences.
    Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024
Noun
  • Several times, as another musician plays, Monk stands center stage and spins in place, in febrile oneness with the music.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The illusion of separation, the truth of universal oneness.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This homogeneity would result in a sphere of high-energy light.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In a world that is becoming increasingly more millennial gray and sad beige, Mejia points out how people seem to crave homes that are more individualized since there’s so much homogeneity in buildings due to labor and construction costs, and a lack of skilled craftsmen.
    Sandy Sanchez, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024

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“Identity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identity. Accessed 25 Jan. 2025.

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