identification card

noun

: id

Examples of identification card in a Sentence

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Among them was instituting automatic voter registration for eligible residents when getting or renewing their Michigan driver's license or state identification card from their local Secretary of State branch. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2024 The site will ask you to present information and documents like an Ohio driver’s license or Ohio identification card number, date of birth, address and the last four digits of your Social Security number. Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2024 Your proof of residence could be any of those identification cards or the aforementioned bills or documents with your address on them. Addy Bink, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024 Acceptable forms of identification include driver's licenses or state ID cards, photo identifications issued by federal or local governments, a U.S. passport, military ID cards, student ID cards, and tribal identification cards. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2024 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 24 Nov. 2024.

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