as in identifications
something presented to show that someone is the person they claim to be
Motorists were stopped at a checkpoint and required to present identity cards before traveling any further.
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Recent Examples of identity cards
At one six-story abandoned scam center in the Cambodian border town of O’Smach, investigators found rooms kitted out to resemble the offices of police forces from Australia, Brazil, Singapore, and China, complete with fake uniforms, insignia, and identity cards.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
Thales’s Singapore facility now produces more than 200 million banking cards, 12 million identity cards, and nearly 10 million passport data pages annually for customers worldwide.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
The program was created in 2005 to increase security and authentication procedures for driver's licenses and identity cards.
—Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 1 Feb. 2026
Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
Thales’s Singapore facility now produces more than 200 million banking cards, 12 million identity cards, and nearly 10 million passport data pages annually for customers worldwide.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
The program was created in 2005 to increase security and authentication procedures for driver's licenses and identity cards.
—Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identity cards
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Valid forms of identifications would include a driver's license, a passport, birth certificate, or social security card.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Further, in 36 percent of those early identifications, the reporter conducted original financial analysis to support the story.—
Chris Roush,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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The documents go on to say that after Dukes was arrested and placed into a Chicago youth facility at 15 years old, he was signed to Warner Records.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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And with the expansion, Our Lady wants to increase capacity from 262 people to 450, according to the church’s town hall documents from February.—
Desiree Mathurin
April 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a new book, Geoff Kelly traces how the artworks moved through criminal networks, where violence took the lives of key suspects and witnesses, and challenges long-circulating theories by revisiting key details.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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The outlets reported that detectives cited witnesses who said that that Cherry was aware of her mother's daily drug use — specifically of heroin laced with fentanyl.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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This evidences deliberate indifference to foreseeable violence.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
20 Apr. 2026
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An avid field recordist, Kamaru has spoken of running his documentations of his surroundings—buses and bustling markets in Nairobi, sirens and birdsong in Berlin—through various types of digital processing, stretching and mulching and interweaving them with synths until the humdrum becomes musical.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
21 Feb. 2026
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Last October, the cemetery was vandalized with historical documentations and markers as well as plaques with poems being removed and torn down.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The measure would also mandate free voter ID cards to eligible voters who request one.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Many co-ops are hiring security guards to watch the door and check QR codes or ID cards issued to residents.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
17 Apr. 2026
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Last year, Indiana state lawmakers approved a ban on voting with university student identification cards, saying it was needed to protect election security.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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In it was a thick stack of identification cards that included old driver's licenses, her Social Security card, and dozens of work IDs issued by the federal government.—
Vanessa G. Sánchez,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Identity cards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identity%20cards. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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