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identifier

[ahy-den-tuh-fahy-er, i-den-] / aɪˈdɛn təˌfaɪ ər, ɪˈdɛn- /


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The hackers also obtained access to unique student identifier numbers as well as information about gender, race or ethnicity, primary language, country of origin and English learner status.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The way it works is guests’ faces are scanned, converted into a numerical identifier and matched with ticket data.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

That dollar amount served as a unique identifier in a separate disclosure table showing OBDC’s valuation methods for different categories of Level 3 investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

It includes plans for all children to have a unique identifier number, a bit like a National Insurance number, for safeguarding purposes.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025

It is customary for the first identifier to have the species named after him, or any name he chooses, so long as it is not already in use.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Since the public rolls don’t include voters’ unique identifiers, people at the lab also knew linking them to HSI’s data would produce mismatches — what the staffer called an “ungodly” number of false positives.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

It says it discovered that 47 IP addresses owned by Meta — that is, digital identifiers of internet accounts — had downloaded its movies without permission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

These patterns act as unique optical identifiers that are difficult to replicate, making them useful for anti-counterfeiting and traceability applications.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026

"Just seeing an Asian American, her struggle with her family and expectation, there's a lot of identifiers there that we take with us," Christine says.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

She plays the tape backward and forward, stops and starts, scribbles down identifiers she missed.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline


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