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noun

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Recent Examples of ID
Verb
Keeping your cards, cash, and ID safe and sound while traveling just got way easier. Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025 Between the lines: There are other tools on the market that ID drugs that can be repurposed. Tina Reed, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
Noun
More big stories California DMV opens early for those needing a Real ID before the May 7 deadline. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025 Delays in processing can cost you, so visit your state’s unemployment website with your ID and pay stubs ready. Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 This thereby created the REAL ID-compliant state identification cards. Addy Bink, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025 On mobile devices, Face ID and Fingerprint ID are done not by centralizing all of that data in one spot at Apple or Google, but by storing the data in a secure module on each mobile device. Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025 Frontier Airlines has a gray banner running along its website informing travelers of the Real ID requirements. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025 Meanwhile, many Americans planning to travel domestically are anxious and confused about the REAL ID deadline looming on May 7. Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025 According to federal documents, as of January 2024, only about 56% of driver's licenses and IDs in circulation across the country complied with REAL ID. Clara McMichael, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2025 Boggs was shot in the head twice while checking Mahdi's ID, according to The AP. Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ID
Verb
  • Investigators identified Bingham as a lookout during the gun store burglary and the getaway driver, and he was found during his arrest with an item that linked his involvement in the burglary, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, was armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol when the assault began at the Church of Annunciation at about 8:30 a.m.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • If a worker is a U.S. citizen, often that can mean presenting a passport or a combination of other forms of identification, like a driver's license and Social Security card.
    Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The body has been taken to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office for official identification.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Whitten ordered the unsealing of Kiser's declaration on Aug. 20, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
  • As of May there were roughly 1,400 employees at the battery park, according to documents filed with the federal government.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 23 Aug. 2025

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“ID.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ID. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.

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