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identification

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


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Police Scotland confirmed it was providing specialist support to the victim's family, but formal identification is yet to be carried out.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Other measures have generated decisive action from voters on such issues as public funding for housing and voter identification.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

“Since my appointment as CEO in April 2026, I have requested rigorous identification and escalation of project-level risks and opportunities,” Chief Executive Officer Martin Sion said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

In Arizona, the vast majority of voters must already present identification when registering to vote.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

There were no marks of identification on him.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

In another instance, a model uploaded files to the internet to cite them without being asked by a user that was looking for the names and identifications of lakes larger than 5 million square meters.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

"That's why all these years down the road, we're still getting new identifications, because we're just continuing to retest and retry with every new technology that becomes available," Soler said.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

This led to a deeper look into other factors contributing to wrongful convictions, including prosecutorial misconduct and mistaken eyewitness identifications, especially those made by witnesses with different racial backgrounds from the suspects.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Faces are a mercy; most identifications come after scrutiny of birthmarks, scraps of clothing, scars.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez


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