How to Use identification in a Sentence

identification

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  • A member of the family was brought in for identification of the body.
  • The birds are tagged for easy identification.
  • You need two forms of identification.
  • The police have made a positive identification of the suspect.
  • The identification of a Ford F-150 spotted around the crime scene at the time of the shooting led to the arrest, Smith said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Was there a lot of after-the-fact identification in the editing of those sorts of details?
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Many beer fests are for folks who are 21 years and older with proof of identification, and they are held rain or shine.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024
  • This is the essential part of the family tree that led to the identification of Charles Webb.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The families of the missing men are now awaiting the results of the identification process.
    — Callie Cassick, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The eight counts were based on the initial identification of eight of the 18 dead, and the number of counts was likely to go up, state police Col. William Ross said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, that’s not the case with all identification numbers.
    — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The man was pronounced dead at the scene and officers did not find any identification on him, the release says.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
  • The wait for more information on the case and the identification of a suspect stirred panic in the small college town.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Of those, the department said more than 1,200 helped lead to the identification of dozens suspects and victims.
    — CBS News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In other words, the board recognized that de-identification is not foolproof, and clients should be warned of the risk.
    — WIRED, 2 Nov. 2022
  • This led to the identification of the woman as Suzanne Kjellenberg.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Bring a form of photo identification that has your name on it, like a driver's license or state ID card.
    — Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Instead, the numbers are resin identification codes used to denote what type of plastic the item is.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 5 June 2024
  • The suspect had no identification on him and refused to provide his name to police.
    — Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 24 July 2023
  • For more than a decade, North Carolina has been home to a bitter back-and-forth over whether voters must show identification to cast a ballot in the swing state.
    — Steve Harrison, NPR, 4 Dec. 2024
  • She is believed to have her Xbox with her, but no money or identification.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2022
  • There was no identification found with the body, either.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • He was found wandering the town square with no identification and with an unsigned letter clutched in his hand.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
  • While the font is large to make for easy identification, our tester thought the font size took away from the design a little (but understood its importance).
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Phillips has worn his father's identification tags on the campaign trail.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The worker said agents arrived around 9:00 p.m. and asked employees for identification, asked about plant sanitation and stayed in the plant most of the night.
    — Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Alaskans are required to show identification at their polling place.
    — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2022
  • There are several things that happened and some of them have to do with timing, and some of them have to do with audience identification.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The identification of Uyghur cotton in Shein’s supply chains in 2022 made this abundantly clear.
    — Áine Clarke, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
  • This, Google said, enabled 20% more spam to be blocked, by the identification of malicious patterns than previously.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024

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