identification

Example Sentences

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"We believe that the identification at the scene, the clothing that the deceased is wearing, would lead us to believe that it is him," Holland said, ABC reported.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Sergei, the special forces "spetsnaz" officer, said members of his unit did not wear an identification number or body cameras with Ukrainian prisoners of war.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Underpinning it all is the AIS, the radio-based automatic identification system required on most large commercial ships to broadcast their identity, position and speed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

While ID is commonly required for specific restaurant-related activities — such as purchasing alcohol or entering age-restricted venues — there is no general requirement to present identification simply to eat at a restaurant.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Griffith’s identification of a chemical capable of carrying hereditary instructions between organisms—the “gene molecule”—would have sparked a thousand speculations and restructured the chemical theory of life.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee