IDENTIFICATION CARDS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

identification cards

noun

plural of identification card

as in witnesses

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 cards The older cards will gradually be phased out as Floridians renew or replace their licenses and identification cards. — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 29 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Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 The board also sent out election notification and voter identification cards to voters with outdated information based on the old maps. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026 But authorities said two identification cards were also found in Horsch’s vehicle and raised more questions. — Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 1 July 2026 That evidence [passports and identification cards] could send him to federal prison for life. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 June 2026 Within 180 days, Treasury and banking regulators must consider revisions to customer identification requirements, including the risks associated with using foreign consular identification cards. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

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Noun

Multiple witnesses told police the victim was upset for not being able to use the Pizza Hut bathroom, and was unable to hear a restaurant employee, records show.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
When Menin asked the witnesses to raise a hand if their company carried insurance against catastrophic risks, none did.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of witnesses

Noun

There's also mammal dioramas, live animals, and other rotating exhibits.

— Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Another project would involve replacing 17 wayside exhibits at backcountry trailheads and three in the Cottonwood Spring area and adding three new interpretive wayside exhibits on the Mastodon Peak Loop.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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Voters show their identity cards while waiting in a queue before casting their votes for the second and final phase of Rajasthan’s urban local body elections in Jaipur, India, on September 11, 2026.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
By document type, national identity cards are number one, followed by a driver’s license and then a passport in third.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 July 2026

Definition of identity cards

Noun

The new changes in the electoral law ease some requirements for candidates seeking office, eliminate the need for some financial documents and a mandatory medical certificate, and introduce electronic voter registration.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
But an owners representative claims that part of the problem was Erica and Peter dragging their feet on providing backup documents for their application package.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of documents

Noun

Nonetheless, the scale of the leak is staggering, and includes not just drivers licenses, but 10 million ID cards, over three million travel documents, and over half a million medical cards as well, representing over 170 million individuals total.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026
Photocopies are acceptable for any of the documents except driver’s licenses or state or tribal ID cards.

— John Hult, States Newsroom, 28 Aug. 2026

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