identification card

noun

: id

Examples of identification card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Kennedy Sanders’s belongings were shipped home to her parents after she was killed: Dog tags, identification cards, Polaroids of her family. Kenny Holston, New York Times, 27 May 2024 Replacing a lost or stolen driver’s license or identification card. Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for identification card 

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Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of identification card was in 1889

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“Identification card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identification%20card. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.

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