: a card bearing identifying data (such as age or organizational membership) about the individual whose name appears thereon
called also identification card, identity card
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The Israeli soldiers detaining them later questioned the paramedics, asking them for their names, ages and ID card numbers, and appeared to scan their faces with a device Mr. Abed did not recognize, Mr. Abed said.
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Vivian Yee, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
States must now at least require proof of your legal name, date of birth, Social Security number, legal residency, and two forms verifying your address before issuing a driver’s license or ID card.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. territories—American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—are now REAL ID–compliant and issuing REAL ID–compliant driver's licenses and ID cards.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Discrepancies in the driver's story prompted an Indio Station Border Patrol agent to refer their vehicle for secondary inspection, which is where it was discovered that the children's photos and names did not match what was on their ID cards.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Vivian Yee, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
States must now at least require proof of your legal name, date of birth, Social Security number, legal residency, and two forms verifying your address before issuing a driver’s license or ID card.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. territories—American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—are now REAL ID–compliant and issuing REAL ID–compliant driver's licenses and ID cards.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Discrepancies in the driver's story prompted an Indio Station Border Patrol agent to refer their vehicle for secondary inspection, which is where it was discovered that the children's photos and names did not match what was on their ID cards.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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“ID card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ID%20card. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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