identifier

Example Sentences

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A unique identifier number will be given to children across services, similar to an adult's national insurance number.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

Furthermore, some critics of Rapid DNA have warned that by probing into a unique identifier that reveals sensitive medical information, the technology is a violation of privacy and civil liberties.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2024

It serves, so to speak, as an identifier for the body cells.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

Third, to get a trademark, the brand must actually use it as a source identifier.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2024

In the spot where the identifier should have been, there were instead a censor’s thick black box and the words “I.D. Temporarily Removed from System.”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein