identification card

noun

: id

Examples of identification card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The number lays bare a public safety risk that authorities have warned about for years, as the state remains unable to ensure that people surrender their weapons after their firearm owner’s identification cards have been suspended. Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024 The department’s employees recently discarded Leandra Holt’s cold-weather sleeping bag, clothing, camping toilet, identification card application and cellphone. Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 16 May 2024 All potential jurors are selected at random from lists compiled of driver’s licenses and identification cards issued by the state Department of Motor Vehicles, tax filings through the state Franchise Tax Board and local voter registration rolls, Corren said. Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024 The university also announced a UNC Charlotte identification card will be required to access all buildings on campus beginning at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024 The data exposed consisted of first and last names and either driver’s license numbers or non-driver identification cards of current and former employees. Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024 Following that tragedy, police descend on the scene, forcing residents to carry identification cards and bursting in on their apartments in the middle of the night, ostensibly searching for drugs. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024 Officers at multiple security checkpoints regularly inspect documents and vehicles and even request identification cards from passers-by. Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024 Those with a valid out-of-state registry card and documentation of a qualifying medical condition would be able to possess, purchase, acquire and engage in the use of medical marijuana in the state without receiving a registry identification card from the cabinet. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2024

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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 22 May. 2024.

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