identification card

noun

: id

Examples of identification card in a Sentence

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Use cases: Scan and digitize business cards, identification cards, receipts, handwritten notes, and even QR codes. New Atlas, 20 Mar. 2025 Base gates were closed during the law enforcement response, but officials said on social media that some gates were being reopened to people with Defense Department identification cards. Alex Sundby, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2025 But issues arose when Greenwood needed a current identification card to pick up certain medications at a pharmacy. Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025 Federal officials are not offering clear instructions on how the deadline for Real ID, which added a number of requirements for getting a state driver’s licenses or identification cards, will be enforced, and there are indications it may be phased in. Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 23 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 25 Mar. 2025.

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