: an identification tag (as for military personnel or pets)
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Visitors will have the opportunity to make dog tags with the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, create campaign buttons and personal flags, win prizes, experience a Revolutionary War battle reenactment and more.—
Jesse Cain,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2026 Rather than making the 6-by-8-foot artwork a flat painting, Pisano used 6,000 drywall screws and 2,500 real military dog tags for dimension.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2026 Attendees were encouraged to pick up a pair of blank dog tags and choose a name from the wall to research, keeping the memories of those service members alive.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
24 May 2026 From Dave Larson’s neck hung a dog tag necklace; a yearbook photo of his son offering a quirky smile was printed on the front.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dog tag