identifying

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After identifying Marquez as a suspect, investigators said they learned that he’d fled across the U.S.-Mexico border at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, police said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

The main method will be rapidly identifying who is infected, and to whom they may have passed the virus.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Its on-board AI interprets the data, identifying objects even when mounted on autonomous craft with no remote connectivity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Edmond Halley later became famous for identifying the periodic nature of the bright comet now officially called 1P/Halley.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Picking her out of this crowd at Grand Trunk is as difficult for me as identifying guests in my parents’ wedding album, where all the faces wear the disguise of youth.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides