1
as in to distinguish
to find out or establish the identity of
sufficient forensic evidence to allow investigators to identify the perpetrator
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2
as in to associate
to think of (something) in combination
for some reason, he always identified the color red with flowers
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Recent Examples of identify
Investigators have determined the fire was an intentional act of arson and are seeking public assistance to identify the suspect.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
When an internal county investigation confirmed the women were harassed, the report identified Miller and her testimony by describing her position and gender.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
The Grand County Coroner’s Office at the time identified the deceased person as Brent Boulter, a 56-year-old man from Aurora, and the missing man was identified as Thomas Russell, a 61-year-old from Littleton.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025
The victims were identified as Fraime Ubaldo, 30; Marangely Moreno Santiago, 26; Evangeline Ubaldo Moreno, 4; and Sebastián Ubaldo Moreno, 2, the Associated Press reported, citing officials.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 5 June 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
When an internal county investigation confirmed the women were harassed, the report identified Miller and her testimony by describing her position and gender.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
The Grand County Coroner’s Office at the time identified the deceased person as Brent Boulter, a 56-year-old man from Aurora, and the missing man was identified as Thomas Russell, a 61-year-old from Littleton.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025
The victims were identified as Fraime Ubaldo, 30; Marangely Moreno Santiago, 26; Evangeline Ubaldo Moreno, 4; and Sebastián Ubaldo Moreno, 2, the Associated Press reported, citing officials.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identify
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The headaches typically occur on the same side as the tumor or cyst and can be challenging for healthcare providers to distinguish from a true headache disorder.6 What Are the Symptoms of Chronic Migraine?—
Cathy Nelson,
Verywell Health,
3 June 2025
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Thus, Israel’s defense establishment formulated a war concept that distinguished between terrorists and the civilian population in Gaza and strived to cause significant damage to Hamas, even if not to destroy every last Hamas fighter.—
Assaf Orion,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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DuckDuckGo, for instance, was already blocking domains and IP addresses associated with the trackers, preventing the browser from sending any identifiers to Meta.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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This Country Was Just Named the Safest Place to Travel in 2025 The danger can also begin well before a traveler leaves home, with fraud associated with early stage trip planning increasing 12 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year.—
Jessica Puckett,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2025
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Trying to assign a deterministic ROI to a single tactic is like trying to pinpoint the gust of wind responsible for a wildfire.—
Gully Flowers,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Food stations and cameras were set up in the park to pinpoint her location.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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The Matrix Behind The Scenes - Rooftop (1999) - Keanu Reeves Movie HD Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) – The Plane Hang A 2018 Vanity Fair article posited that the distance Tom Cruise runs in a movie directly correlates with how well it's received.—
Joe Salas
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2025
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Ask how many fraud decisions correlate with NPS drops.—
Rodney Drake,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Stay away from open fields, hill summits, or ridge tops.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
7 June 2025
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Fears that a serial killer is at large were reignited by the recent discovery of a body in a Texas lake, where 19 corpses have been found over the past three years.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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What about you? Brody: Kristen Bell and I are connected in a few ways.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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All this can be controlled directly from the display without the need to connect to a web interface.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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No one supposedly could locate the accused to bring to trial, despite the men belonging to one of England’s highest nobility houses.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
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The lounge, which is fittingly located in the hotel’s seafront garden, takes design cues from Riva’s iconic runabouts, naturally.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
5 June 2025
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Although Jaylin and Jalen Williams are not related, Jalen does have a brother in the NBA.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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Investigators suspected the two killings were related but ran out of leads and the cases went cold.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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“Identify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identify. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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