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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 identification
Remove each game from its bulky box, snip out the logo for easy identification, and transfer the contents into clear plastic bins.
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Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
What this means is that the industry needs to expand and modernize its collecting, sorting and preprocessing infrastructure by investing in things like automation, which can offer faster throughput and more accurate fiber identification.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Detectives did not have the man’s identification as of late Friday morning, Morales said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Record checks of the identifications discovered that a Jeremy Omar González Díaz has been in federal prison in Puerto Rico since January, per the complaint and local outlet WAPA-TV.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
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Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
What this means is that the industry needs to expand and modernize its collecting, sorting and preprocessing infrastructure by investing in things like automation, which can offer faster throughput and more accurate fiber identification.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Detectives did not have the man’s identification as of late Friday morning, Morales said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Record checks of the identifications discovered that a Jeremy Omar González Díaz has been in federal prison in Puerto Rico since January, per the complaint and local outlet WAPA-TV.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identification
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The man eventually produced his Real ID, a type of special drivers license that requires someone to show proof of legal residence.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Tickets are $20; $15 senior citizens 60-plus, members of the military and college students with valid ID; $10 for children.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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So far, the committee has issued 10 subpoenas and released a slew of documents from Epstein’s estate and over 30,000 pages from the Department of Justice.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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His criminal history included three felony convictions, according to a USA TODAY review of court documents.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Engineers can offload repetitive boilerplate and documentation tasks, freeing them to focus on architecture and system reliability.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Among the main reasons cited were lack of money, lack of documentation, lack of trust in financial institutions and distance to financial institutions.—
Munkhtuya Rentsenbat,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The company uses large language models combined with reinforcement learning and formal verification.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The verification process required meticulous preparation, including heat-treating the brittle Nb3Sn materials in furnaces at temperatures over 650°C (1202°F) to impart their superconducting properties.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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See video … SEAN HANNITY – Charlie Kirk wanted to do was offer young people validation for beliefs.—
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FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Men are conditioned to earn it through achievement, dominance, or by outsourcing their emotional needs to women and expecting validation in return.—
Vanessa Bennett,
SELF,
10 Sep. 2025
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Our dedication to lasting value—a promise embodied in the timeless spirit of every watch—is built via rigorous curation, careful authentication, and an unwavering trust guarantee.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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While Windows offers more robust encryption options, many users don’t enable them, causing Active Directory to fall back to the Kerberos authentication method using the vulnerable RC4 cipher.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Demand for the grades 6-12 school, which typically sees over 90% of its graduates enroll in college, grew for the new facility, with a waitlist for admission as evidence, Principal Chelsea McWilliams told the Herald.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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State prosecutors — which in this case would be the county district attorney’s office — are typically prohibited from assuming jurisdiction over a killing outside the country without compelling evidence that a suspect made plans to kill while still in the United States.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Between dives at Prime Scuba Ishigaki, you’ll be served hot mushroom curry rice, beef bowls reminiscent of Yoshinoya, and steaming soup—proof that even on the water, Ishigaki takes its food seriously.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has said that there is no proof of a causal link between Tylenol use in pregnancy and a child’s diagnosis of autism.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Identification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identification. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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