identity card

noun

Definition of identity cardnext
as in identification
something presented to show that someone is the person they claim to be Motorists were stopped at a checkpoint and required to present identity cards before traveling any further.

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Recent Examples of identity card Thales’s Singapore facility now produces more than 200 million banking cards, 12 million identity cards, and nearly 10 million passport data pages annually for customers worldwide. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026 The program was created in 2005 to increase security and authentication procedures for driver's licenses and identity cards. — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 1 Feb. 2026 When the elderly woman’s identity card expired, the son put on makeup, a wig and her clothes in order to pose as his mother and renew her card – something that must be done in person in Italy, the spokesperson said. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025 Even her Italian identity card from 1951 listed her occupation as casalinga, housewife. — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for identity card
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identity card
  1. identification
  2. evidence
  3. document
  4. documentation
  5. witness
Noun
  • Police said Reyes did not provide any form of identification, and attempts to identify him were unsuccessful.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The remains were taken to the Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy and possible identification, Kane County officials confirmed.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of identification
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  • Dillman and his coconspirator used the funds to pay themselves and to make risky and speculative investments in other cryptocurrency ventures, authorities said, citing other evidence presented at the trial.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The petition for a new trial argues the original accounts were more consistent with the evidence.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of evidence
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  • Earlier this year, tech journalism site 404 Media reported on internal documents that showed Bus Patrol allegedly working on a plan to turn its thousands of cameras into an Automatic License Plate Reader network for law enforcement.
    — Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That is on the way, Mayor Quinton Lucas told me Wednesday, with TIF filings scheduled for this week and bond documents to follow.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of document
Noun
  • Investigators determined that multiple RVs may have been sold at Carson Pass RV in Lockeford without proper notification to their rightful owners and without completing the required Department of Motor Vehicles documentation.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Miller said that some judges want to see documentation of all a client’s assets, while some take public defenders at their word.
    — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of documentation
Noun
  • His conviction rested on circumstantial evidence and testimony from witnesses Myers’ lawyers said were unreliable, including one witness who later recanted his testimony.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Catch up on Lindesy Clancy trial Prosecutors called rebuttal witnesses to the stand in what’s expected to be one of the final days in the murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsey Clancy.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of witness

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“Identity card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identity%20card. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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