identifying

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The ARK software engine can work out what objects are by identifying the unique light signature they emit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has also acknowledged using errant figures to justify a fraud probe in New York, deepening concerns in the administration’s methods for identifying problematic activity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

It means identifying underlying themes — like the AI buildout — and investing in the businesses that are benefiting from those themes.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

For decades, scientists searching for life beyond Earth have focused on one central challenge: identifying the right molecules to look for on distant planets and moons.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

A second method for identifying a crop’s or animal’s site of domestication is to plot on a map the dates of the domesticated form’s first appearance at each locality.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond