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identity

[ahy-den-ti-tee, ih-den-] / aɪˈdɛn tɪ ti, ɪˈdɛn- /




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His identity was expressed privately, at home and at the Gurdwara — the Sikh place of worship, not in public.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

A spokesman for the Mexican government said it hadn’t been informed of the identity of the American officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

In reality, Lolita is the work of a man who calls himself Tom, a 32-year-old visual designer who said he did not necessarily mean for his creation to have a Roma identity.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

A 21 year-old pre-nursing student at USC, Reet Buttar spent most of her adolescence actively hiding her Indian and Punjabi identity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

He glances at my identity card, then up at my LDV armband, with his schoolboy smirk.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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