identification card

noun

: id

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Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress passed the REAL ID Act, which requires driver’s licenses and identification cards issued by every state to meet certain security standards. Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024 If approved, qualifying patients will receive their identification card within five days of the approval. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024 The law was shaped around the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation to create federal standards for driver’s licenses and identification cards, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 8 Jan. 2025 At the time of his arrest, authorities said Pree had several cellphones and identification cards, as well as debit and credit cards in different people’s names. Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for identification card 

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 26 Jan. 2025.

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