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identification

[ahy-den-tuh-fi-key-shuhn, ih-den-] / aɪˌdɛn tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ɪˌdɛn- /


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“All the while, the hallmark of this case stared back at us: a flawed eyewitness identification procedure that never should have led to a conviction.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

During the Second World War, German soldiers' identification tags were split into two on the event of a soldier's death.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Once the machine learning model has already been trained to recognize individuals, the identification process takes only a few seconds.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Starting a year ago, the court itself began to employ the term biological sex in equal-protection decisions in which transgender claimants challenged laws imposing requirements for gender-affirming care, passport identification, and participation in sports.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

“You realize,” Phil Resch said quietly, “what this would do. If we included androids in our range of empathic identification, as we do animals.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Miles also presented scientific studies on the flaws of eyewitness identifications, and collected DNA evidence didn’t match him, according to the Innocence Center.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Algae-heads have flocked to the posts to share their own photos, hazard species-level identifications, and talk trash.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

The duo did not have formal identifications with them and initially tried to lie to police about their names, he added.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

"A lot of our identifications are made from non-indecent images."

From BBC May 30, 2025

When we traveled in certain remote parts of the world, we would use other names and identifications.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben




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