IDENTIFICATION CARD Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

identification card

noun

as in witness

something presented to show that someone is the person they claim to be We did not realize that identification cards were required to enter the government building.

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Recent Examples of identification card If voters don’t currently have a valid ID, the proposition requires the state to create a free voter identification card to voters who request one. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The registration fees, along with driver’s license costs and other fees related to the California Highway Patrol and identification cards collected by the DMV, are the primary funding sources of the CHP and DMV. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 The money will help Haiti’s government update its voter lists and procure 350,000 blank identification cards, the OAS said in a statement. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 Officers also found numerous identification cards, Social Security cards, and checks that did not belong to Bryant or her passenger, according to police. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for identification card

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The state’s rebuttal witness testified that Hinton was grieving and angry but knew his actions were wrong.

— Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Dozens were believed to be inside the church, witnesses told state media.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Major museums, including the Louvre, the Orsay Museum, the Picasso Museum and the Grand Palais — where a major Cézanne exhibit is on display — were shuttered Saturday.

— Richard Engel, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
The exhibition celebrates these workers, many of them immigrants, through exhibits like the photographs of Robert Doisneau, who worked for Renault full-time from 1934 to 1939.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

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As of Thursday morning, the government had filed charging documents in 10 of the 28 cases, offering additional details about how authorities relied on voter registration data to pursue broader criminal charges around immigration status.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
LaGrone was directed not to possess weapons, alcohol or drugs and remain under the care of a person whose initials are noted in a document.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of document

Noun

The students on Thursday asked public servants to prevent outgoing officials from destroying documentation or evidence of potential wrongdoing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
The statement said four members of the Bolsonaro family presented valid documentation and had no legal impediments to entering the country, despite the fact that Brazilian Justice had annulled their passports.

— Florencia Cabral, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

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