ID'ING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

ID'ing

verb

variants or IDing

present participle of ID

as in identifying

to find out or establish the identity of studies that show that eyewitnesses are surprisingly unreliable when called upon to ID the perpetrators of crimes

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The program has also introduced Earthster, a modeling platform that helps companies evaluate the environmental impact of semiconductor manufacturing by identifying energy use, material consumption, and carbon-emission hotspots across their products.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
The unknown profile, prosecutors said, did not contain enough identifying information to be submitted to CODIS, the national DNA database.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

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More than a week after the disaster, search-and-rescue operations remain active, though hopes of finding additional survivors are rapidly fading.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
The family pursued legal action after finding that their pool was not built according to code, and put the settlement money toward founding a water safety nonprofit, The Zac Foundation.

— Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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The region’s altitude and cold nights help preserve acidity and aromatics in the wines, distinguishing Amyndeon from Greece’s warmer coastal and island appellations.

— Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
The motion detection is smart, too, distinguishing among people, pets, and vehicles, which reduces false alerts.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026

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