identification card

noun

: id

Examples of identification card in a Sentence

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Each state handles the issuance of driver’s licenses and identification cards independently, and each state has its own Real ID requirements. Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 7 Mar. 2025 Americans can currently use driver's licenses and other identification cards to travel domestically. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025 As of that date, a standard driver's license or identification card won’t get you through a TSA checkpoint. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024 Agents arrested Guerrero Soto right after and, according to an affidavit, found a Dominican identification card on him. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for identification card

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of identification card was in 1889

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“Identification card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identification%20card. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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